After
showing its second-generation fuel-cell semi-truck at the Port of Los
Angeles in July, Toyota announced last week it will build 10 more
fuel-cell trucks for the project.
In
addition to the trucks, the project will add two new heavy-duty
hydrogen fillings stations, two new hydrogen forklifts at Toyota's
warehouse at the next-door Port of Long Beach, and two new
zero-emissions yard tractors at the nearby Port of Hueneme.
The
California Air Resources Board will provide $41 million of funding for
the project. Toyota, Shell, and Kenworth, which builds the trucks, will
provide the balance of the project costs…