ANAHEIM, Calif. — Toyota Motor North America introduced an settlement to place its gas cell powertrain into Kenworth and Peterbilt large rigs.

The automaker and Paccar, proprietor of the truck manufacturers, introduced the deal Tuesday on the ACT Expo clear transportation convention right here.

Toyota has leveraged the gas cell expertise it developed for the small-volume Mirai sedan to be used in heavy-duty vehicles.

A lot of the work used Kenworth Class 8 truck cabs and chassis, together with an indication challenge at Los Angeles and Lengthy Seaside, Calif., ports.

The businesses see a rising marketplace for zero-emission gas cell expertise as regulators in California and different areas start to part out diesel vehicles.

California, for instance, would require 5 % of recent Class 7 and Class 8 truck gross sales to be zero-emission autos beginning subsequent yr. That jumps to 40 % in 2032. The truck business expects different states to comply with California’s lead, including to the market dimension.

“This revolutionary expertise allows us to supply our business prospects with a viable carbon-neutral choice to additional their enterprise whereas additionally contributing to Toyota’s mission to scale back and in the end remove carbon from the setting,” Christopher Yang, the automaker’s group vice chairman of enterprise improvement, stated in a press release.

It additionally offers Toyota one other use for the gas cell expertise initially designed for the Mirai.

Kenworth plans to place the powertrain into its T680 semitractor, a car thought of an business workhorse. It expects deliveries to its first buyer to begin subsequent yr. Toyota plans to make the powertrain at a manufacturing facility in Kentucky beginning this yr.

The T680 hydrogen truck may have a spread of as much as 450 miles, relying upon driving situations, Kenworth stated. It can have 415 hp to drag a gross weight of as much as 82,000 kilos.

“The T680 FCEV was engineered to supply one of many longest driving ranges of any zero-emissions vehicles in the marketplace,” stated Kevin Baney, a Paccar vice chairman and Kenworth common supervisor.

Final week, Toyota stated the California Air Assets Board granted a zero-emission powertrain government order for the heavy-duty truck gas cell electrical powertrain. The order certifies {that a} powertrain complies with emissions requirements required on the market in California.

Nonetheless, gas cell truck gross sales rely on setting up a hydrogen fueling community within the U.S., particularly alongside main trucking routes. Presently, there are solely about 60 fueling stations, largely in city California, in line with the Division of Power.