Isuzu and Toyota to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Fuel Cell Route Bus

TOKYO, Japan, September 29, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Isuzu Motors Limited (Isuzu) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) revealed today a contract to collectively establish next-generation fuel cell (FC) path buses for commercialization. Production is set up to start in 2026 (April 2026-March 2027) at the Utsunomiya Plant (Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture) of J-Bus, Ltd. (J-Bus), an equivalent joint endeavor in between Isuzu and Hino Motors, Ltd. (Hino).

The car will be based upon the flat-floor battery electrical path bus platform prepared, established, and created by Isuzu and made by J-Bus. Isuzu and Hino-who have actually been working together in the bus sector because 2002-launched this platform in 2024. It will be integrated with an FC system established by Toyota. As part of their efforts to recognize zero-emission cars, Isuzu and Toyota are collectively establishing the next-generation FC bus, looking for to decrease expenses by standardizing BEV and FCEV parts.

Broadening the series of carbon neutral choices beyond battery electrical buses, Isuzu is working to advertise the next-generation FC path bus as a brand-new innovation. Toyota positions hydrogen as an essential energy source in the pursuit of carbon neutrality and is advancing different efforts in producing, carrying, saving, and utilizing hydrogen in partnership with a vast array of partners throughout markets. Together, the 2 business will deal with city governments and organizations in different regions-including those designated by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in May 2025 as Priority Regions for Promoting the Deployment of Fuel-Cell Commercial Vehicles – to add to the consistent decrease of CO2 emissions by broadening making use of next-generation FC path buses.

“Achieving zero, and adding new value beyond it”

As part of efforts to pass our gorgeous “Home Planet” to the next generation, Toyota has actually determined and is assisting to resolve problems dealt with by people and general society, which Toyota calls “Achieving Zero,” intending to help in reducing the unfavorable effects triggered by these concerns to individuals and the environment to absolutely no. Furthermore, Toyota is likewise looking “Beyond Zero” to develop and offer higher worth by continuing to vigilantly look for methods to enhance lives and society for the future.

About Beyond Zero: https://global.toyota/en/mobility/beyond-zero/

Toyota Motor Corporation works to establish and produce ingenious, safe and premium services and products that develop joy by offering movement for all. Our company believe that real accomplishment originates from supporting our clients, partners, staff members, and the neighborhoods in which we run. Given that our starting over 80 years earlier in 1937, we have actually used our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a more secure, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we change into a movement business establishing linked, automated, shared and energized innovations, we likewise stay real to our Guiding Principles and a lot of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to assist recognize an ever-better world, where everybody is complimentary to move.

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