High-pressure hydrogen tanks manufactured by Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. are used on large fuel cell trucks launched in October by Hino Motors, Ltd.

The company says commercial vehicles such as linehaul trucks travel long distances in a day and need sufficient range, and the spread of fuel cell trucks is promising to meet those needs.

Six Toyoda Gosei tanks are used on each truck, which can hold about nine times as much hydrogen as a small passenger vehicle (Mirai).

Toyoda Gosei has also leveraged its expertise in polymers such as moulding technology for  plastics and rubber in co-developing, with Toyota Motor Corporation, a tank that efficiently stores hydrogen under high pressure (approx. 700 atm) for the Mirai (2nd generation) fuel cell vehicle.

These tanks have been produced at Toyoda Gosei’s Inabe Plant since November 2020. The company then launched a large high-pressure hydrogen tank in 2023, which has so far been used on small trucks and boats.