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Road to zero truck emissions
Toyota’s Project Portal hydrogen fuel cell system is designed for a heavy-duty truck at the Port of Los Angeles
Picture any American freeway and you probably imagine bumper-to-bumper traffic across multiple lanes. Many of the vehicles will undoubtedly be trucks, especially near major cargo areas such as the Port of Los Angeles. Toyota says it is working on a vision to produce a truck that can transport cargo quietly, quickly and without producing any emissions. Its vision is called Project Portal and it uses a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for heavy-duty truck use. Announced at a press conference with port officials and representatives from the California Air Resources Board (Carb) and the California Energy Commission, the zero-emission truck proof of concept will take part in a feasibility study examining the potential of fuel cell technology in heavy-duty applications. The study will begin in a couple of months’ time and contribute to the port’s Clean Air Action Plan, which has reduced harmful emissions from operations at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles since 2005. "As it did w...
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