VW's Traton, Toyota's Hino Agree Electric Truck Venture
Umer Jamshaid Published October 28, 2020 | 04:06 PM
Volkswagen truck unit Traton and Toyota's commercial vehicles arm Hino Motors said Wednesday they would create a joint venture to develop electric trucks as manufacturers pivot to the growing e-vehicle market
Frankfurt am Main, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th Oct, 2020 ) :Volkswagen truck unit Traton and Toyota's commercial vehicles arm Hino Motors said Wednesday they would create a joint venture to develop electric trucks as manufacturers pivot to the growing e-vehicle market.
Traton and Hino will develop battery-electric and fuel-cell trucks, alongside components and common software and interfaces, the companies said in a joint statement.
Like the entire Volkswagen group, Traton has made electrification one of its strategic priorities, as it races to comply with EU carbon emissions goals.
The Munich-based group, including its brands MAN and Scania, is targeting one billion Euros in investments to 2025 in electric vehicles.
"This new joint venture with Hino is the next important step in electrification, pushing our mission further ahead," said Traton chief executive Matthias Gruendler.
The two companies first agreed to a partnership in 2018 and established a procurement joint venture in 2019.
The makeup of the new joint venture was not specified but both companies will "form a team of advanced specialists" and launch the project in Sodertalje, Sweden, where Scania has a factory, and later in Tokyo.
"I am delighted that we can follow our procurement joint venture and further embodying our synergy with Traton in e-mobility, helping to reduce global CO2 emissions and fighting global warming," Hino chief executive Yoshio Shimo said.
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