7-11 cooperation will introduce fuel cell trucks for convenience store distribution

Japan's Kyodo news agency reported June 7, Toyota and 7-Eleven Japan announced on the 6th, from the spring of 2019, the introduction of convenience store commodity distribution fuel cell trucks. Shops will also be powered by fuel cells in the fall of 2019. Using hydrogen-oxygen chemical reactions to generate electricity and non-gaseous fuel cells, we strive to achieve shop operations that curb environmental burdens.

Toyota released the fuel cell car "MIRAI" in 2014, but sales growth was weak due to the slow progress in the construction of the hydrogen station. The move aims to expand popularity with commercial use.

7-Eleven will first operate two fuel cell trucks that can drive about 200 kilometers each time around Tokyo's Haneda Airport and Odaiba. The car is equipped with cold storage, transportation of snacks and beverages. The diesel engine version in ordinary delivery trucks is the mainstream and emits carbon dioxide. Stores and sizes powered by fuel cells are uncertain.

Toyota's vice president, Tomoki Aoyama, held a press conference in Tokyo and said: "There is a limit to the need for passenger cars to increase hydrogen. It also wants to be used for industrial vehicles such as trucks and forklifts. "7-Eleven President Gu Yushu stated that" will verify the performance and convenience of the truck and commit to the construction of environmentally friendly towns "and expressed its intention to expand the introduction.

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