Toyota, 7-Eleven team up for hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Toyota, 7-Eleven team up for hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Toyota has partnered up with 7-Eleven in Japan to introduce new vehicles and power generators developed by Toyota that use hydrogen. The move allows both companies to work towards and low-carbon and hydrogen-based society in the future.

On the distribution aspect of 7-Eleven’s operations, new trucks that are powered by fuel cells (including their refrigerator/freezer units), will be used with the goal of reducing CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, stores with hydrogen refuelling stations might utilise a fuel cell power generator to act as a power source, although such an idea is still “under consideration” for now.

A stationary rechargeable battery system which uses rechargeable automobile batteries will also be introduced to stores, for us as an emergency power source during disasters. It could also be used for other applications that assist with energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction.

The Japanese carmaker is seeking more commercial uses for its hydrogen fuel cells beyond using them in cars like the Mirai. For instance, it plans to introduce fuel cell buses in the Tokyo area ahead of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Toyota even offers hybrid power generation systems for use in factories

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Comments

  • Otak Udang on Aug 10, 2017 at 10:12 am

    Toyota is smart. Japanese brain is intelligent. They look into the future and re-invest their profits.

    Here, a bit of profit only, go buy BMW or Merc. No profit also, still buy on loan

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    • Not really. The jepunis here will still prefer go for lexus or infiniti rather than Beemer or Mesidis. Some might impot TCrown or NPresident themselves.

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  • drwho on Aug 10, 2017 at 10:23 am

    The question is how efficient is the whole ecosystem in order to produce hydrogen. You need other source of energy in order to get compressed liquefied hydrogen, does that part of process actually generate more CO2 in the process? Unless it’s from a renewable source of energy like hydroelectric dam, but then, how much is the impact of each dam to the environment. Unless a true eco-friendly eco system is in place or a true eco alternative renewable source of energy is found or invented, CO2 reduction remains in a dream of Utophia.

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  • Toyota? But they dun even make commercial trucks.

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  • Supraman on Aug 10, 2017 at 10:50 am

    Toyota here keep Moving Forward. Toyota CHR, worth the wait

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  • 7 eleven truck sure boom

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