A ground-breaking project to develop a hydrogen fuel cell Toyota Hilux pick-up has moved to its final phase, signalling another milestone in Toyota’s progress towards a zero carbon future.
Since the unveiling of the first prototype vehicle in September 2023, Toyota and its consortium partners supported by UK Government funding have successfully progressed their joint development project to the stage of intensive prototype evaluation and demonstration.
A Toyota spokesman said any production plans were a long way off but lessons learned in the programme would be applied to any future hydrogen models. Toyota already has the £50,000 Mirai hydrogen car (above) in production and the power system could prove particularly appropriate for commercial vehicles which have to do heavy work, often away from charging stations required by conventional evs.
