The Toyota Uno has an identical hydrogen gasoline cell powertrain to the Mirai
by Brad Anderson
6 hours in the past
by Brad Anderson
The oddly-shaped automobile you’re is dubbed the ‘Uno’ and is a utility tractor rig (UTR) developed by Toyota that runs on hydrogen.
UTRs are utilized in delivery yards world wide and transfer freight. They’re usually wanted to tug a great deal of 120,000 lbs (~54,000 kg) or extra and historically are powered by diesel. Nevertheless, all through 2022, the Port of Los Angeles grew to become the positioning of 16 completely different pilot applications the place tons of of zero-emission UTRs had been being put by their paces.
Toyota developed its hydrogen-powered gasoline cell electrical truck in partnership with Fenix Marine Companies. It was initially launched in 2019 on the Port of Los Angeles. Whereas the Uno accomplished its testing as a proof-of-concept truck on the port final yr, it has been relocated to the carmaker’s Los Angeles Components Distribution Heart in Torrance, California the place it has began to hold a distinct type of freight.
Learn: Toyota To Proceed Hydrogen Growth Regardless of Shifting Primary Focus To EVs
The powertrain of the truck makes use of the identical primary system because the hydrogen Toyota Mirai however has been upgraded to haul a lot bigger hundreds. Shifting ahead, Toyota says it might act as a Tier 1 provider of hydrogen-powered gasoline cell powertrains to different producers. This might see it manufacture the gasoline cell stacks, hydrogen tanks, and different obligatory software program and {hardware} whereas the industrial autos themselves could be designed and developed by different corporations.
Toyota engineers are at the moment engaged on a brand new gasoline cell electrical powertrain for UTRs with extra efficiency.
commercial scroll to proceed
“The outcomes of those enhancements shall be a way more succesful model of the hydrogen-powered UTR, bringing it nearer to matching, or in some instances even exceeding, the efficiency of the carbon-intensive powertrains it’s going to ultimately substitute,” Toyota engineer Dallas Fox described.
