The aim of Project Portal is to demonstrate the durability and economic feasibility for fuel cell systems in heavy-duty commercial trucks. The test truck is an 80,000-pound Class 8 truck-and-trailer with Toyota’s zero-emissions fuel cell technology, ie. components of the hydrogen fuel cell Mirai. The prototype has a 200 mile range, four high-pressure hydrogen tanks (40 kilograms of hydrogen in total at a pressure of 700 bar) and a pair of 6-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion batteries (a total of 12 kWh). The company is live-testing the short-haul, zero-emission drayage truck shuttling shipping containers between the ports and various freight depots up to 70 miles away.

The fuel cell powers a motor that produces more than 670 horsepower and 1,327 pound feet of torque. It is capable of both propelling the nearly 11-ton tractor and a loaded trailer at speeds of up to 65 mph and of handling a steep 12 percent grade. In the future, Toyota could use the fuel cell technology in Class 5 and 6 delivery and work trucks as well.

In the summer of 2019, Toyota introduced an optimized prototype truck (the ‘Beta’) that will collect data on fuel economy, acceleration, hauling capacity and other features.

Watch the video’s:
https://pressroom.toyota.com/video_display.cfm?video_id=34149
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3uTpN8qNyg&feature=youtu.be
https://youtu.be/5HT8b-q0rvo