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Toyota develops electrolyzer using Mirai technology; deploying at DENSO plant

Green Car Congress

Toyota has developed new electrolysis equipment to produce hydrogen from electrolyzing water using the fuel cell (FC) stack and other technology from the Mirai. The hydrogen utilization at DENSO Fukushima will be implemented as a project subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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Toyota preps first electric pickup, the Hilux BEV, following BYD Shark PHEV truck launch

Baua Electric

Toyota is preparing to produce its first electric pickup in Thailand by the end of next year. Toyota to launch its first electric pickup in Thailand As one of the top-selling pickups globally, the Toyota Hilux is the perfect model to go all-electric. It’s already sold in 180 countries and regions with a wide-reaching market of buyers.

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Toyota to launch electric Hilux pickup by 2025 as Japanese rival aims to beat it to market

Baua Electric

According to the company’s Thailand president, Toyota will launch an electric Hilux pickup by the end of 2025. Toyota even unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell Hilux prototype last year. Toyota still accounts for a third of Thailand’s auto sales, but EV adoption is rising. An all-electric Toyota pickup may be closer than expected.

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Sandia, Lawrence Livermore team improves solid-state H2 storage using nano-confinement; new paradigm for hydrogen storage

Green Car Congress

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Mahidol University in Thailand and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have leveraged nano-confinement to develop an efficient solid-state hydrogen storage system that could be a boon for hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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Toyota’s new senior management remains committed to multi-pathway future; becoming a mobility company

Green Car Congress

And we will also accelerate projects for the realization of the hydrogen society that lies just beyond. Hiroki Nakajima will be in charge of products. Nakajima said that realizing the cision of the Toyota Mobility Concept will require electrification, intelligence and diversification.

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UC Riverside and Thai Institute collaborating on thermochemical process for drop-in fuels from biomass

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The combination of steam and hydrogen in the steam hydrogasifier offers the flexibility of using feedstock that has high water content. The product gases from the SHR include mainly methane and hydrogen along with carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and steam. Hence, the process does not need an external source of hydrogen.

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Too little, too late? Why the Toyota HiLux EV concept only shows how far the brand is behind Tesla and BYD

EV Central

READ MORE: Toyota HiLux hydrogen fuel cell prototype boasts long range and rapid 2023 Toyota HiLux REVO BEV concept. However, there is life in the project with further testing about to kick off in Thailand where a fleet of HiLux EVs are being pressed into service as share taxis. As its name states, this is a concept.

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