Green Options » Hino http://greenoptions.com/tag/hino Posts tagged 'Hino' Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Toyota Subsidiary To Make Hybrid Trucks That Save 2.5 Times as Much Gas as Conventional Trucks http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/toyota-subsidiary-to-make-hybrid-trucks-that-save-more-than-double-the-gas/ http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/toyota-subsidiary-to-make-hybrid-trucks-that-save-more-than-double-the-gas/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:29:07 +0000 Tetsuya Yokoyama http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/toyota-subsidiary-to-make-hybrid-trucks-that-save-more-than-double-the-gas/ The Nikkei Newspaper has reported that Hino Motors, Ltd., a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation will introduce a significantly improved fuel efficient hybrid truck in Japan, the U.S. and Australia around 2010.

The new hybrid truck, using a high-capacity battery and improved motor, will be 2.5 times more fuel efficient than conventional models. In fact, the new hybrid truck even doubles the fuel economy compared to Hino’s current hybrid truck models (pictured above). Hino introduced its first light-duty hybrid trucks in 2003 and medium-duty hybrid trucks in 2004.

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