• Toyota, which in 2014 rolled out the world's first mass-produced fuel-cell vehicle, the Mirai, is among nearly 90 companies that set up an association on Monday to promote greater use of hydrogen in Japan. | BLOOMBERG
    Toyota, which in 2014 rolled out the world's first mass-produced fuel-cell vehicle, the Mirai, is among nearly 90 companies that set up an association on Monday to promote greater use of hydrogen in Japan. | BLOOMBERG

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Toyota Motor Corp. and three major convenience store operators said Tuesday they will carry out trials of fuel-cell electric delivery trucks in 2021.

Fuel-cell vehicles use hydrogen to generate electricity and do not emit carbon dioxide. The envisioned tests by Toyota, its subsidiary Hino Motors Ltd. and the convenience store operators — Seven-Eleven Japan Co., FamilyMart Co. and Lawson Inc. — will use light-duty trucks with a maximum payload of 3 tons being developed by the two automakers.

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