Toyota has started testing a new hydrogen fuel cell truck in Europe with Coca-Cola as part of the drinks company’s supply operations. Air Liquide, a leader in clean energy, is supplying the project with hydrogen sourced from renewables.

Toyota aims to support the decarbonization of heavy-duty road transport with its hydrogen truck projects. Heavy-duty haulage accounts for a quarter of Europe’s freight transport, based on tonnes-per-kilometre carried. Commercial trucks’ usage patterns and their demand for large volumes of hydrogen make them key contributors to the development of sustainable hydrogen infrastructures.

To help speed up the expansion of hydrogen technology implementation in our society, we are expanding the use of our Toyota Fuel Cell Module beyond passenger cars and into trucks, buses, coaches, trains, boats, near-shore and short-sea vessels, stationary generators and so on. It is a great pleasure to collaborate with like-minded partners and demonstrate our shared vision of sustainable mobility. The insights gained from these proofs-of-concept will serve as crucial milestones on our path towards achieving zero tailpipe carbon emissions in our logistics operations by 2040.

—Thiebault Pacquet, Vice President R&D, Toyota Motor Europe