A high-pressure hydrogen tank produced by Toyoda Gosei has been adopted for use in Japan’s first passenger ship to be powered by hydrogen energy. The hydrogen tank is based on the hydrogen storage technology developed by Toyoda Gosei and Toyota Motor Corporation for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle, and is a large type that is being installed mainly in trucks...
Sumitomo Riko’s anti-vibration rubber seat rail mounts have been adopted by Toyota and Toyota Auto Body in the new Alphard and Vellfire models. Minivans use anti-vibration components to cancel out seat vibration in order to improve ride comfort, but until now they have not been able to cancel out all vibration. To solve this problem, the new Alphard has adopted...
Toyo Tires will renew the sponsor agreement it has concluded with Toyota Auto Body. The company will supply the Open Country M/T-R tires for pickup trucks and SUVs to the “Team Land Cruiser Toyota Autobody” (TLC), a rally team run by Toyota Motor Corporation that will participate in the Dakar Rally, to support the team’s challenge in the Dakar Rally...
Toyo Tires’ Proxes Comfort tires have been selected to be installed on the new Toyota Alphard, which went on sale in Japan on June 21. The tire size is 225/60 R18 100H in Japan and 225/65 R17 102H in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The new Alphard was developed in pursuit of comfortable traveling happiness for all passengers, and features...
Yokohama Rubber began supplying BluEarth-GT AE51 tires in February for use on FAW Toyota’s new EV sedan “bZ3,” which was launched in China. The “bZ3” is a joint development by FAW Toyota Motor and BYD Toyota EV Technology, a JV established by Toyota and BYD. The car is not available in Japan. The BluEarth-GT AE51 is a tire with high...
Toyoda Gosei, a member of the Toyota Group, has launched a large high-pressure hydrogen tank for fuel cell trucks that run on hydrogen, a market for which demand is expected to grow. The tanks are being used in the mass-market fuel cell light-duty trucks that Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies (CJPT), in which Toyota Motor, Isuzu Motors, and other companies have...
