On March 8, foreign media outlet reported that Hino Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, said that after an internal review of the company, it was found that the factory had cheated on the engine data. This has been going on for years, affecting 115,000 vehicles, twice Hino's annual sales in Japan.
Hino's engines were also mounted on Toyota and Isuzu vehicles, and the cheating involved 3,000 Toyota buses and 1,200 Isuzu buses. Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said Hino's cheating "eroded the trust of car consumers and shook the foundation of the testing and certification system."
Faced with increasingly stringent vehicle emission policies, heavy-duty truck companies with heavy fuel consumption are facing a lot of pressure, but it is not advisable to tamper with engine data. The policy promotes the transformation of car companies to electrification, and the original intention is to hope that car companies will not eat the old roots, keep up with the pace of automobile electrification as soon as possible, and maintain their position in the era of fuel vehicles. Nowadays, some car companies have made the act of tampering with engine data, which not only does not help their own electrification process, but also smashes their own signboards and loses the trust of consumers.
Heavy-duty trucks, buses, and other models are actually very suitable for electrification. Heavy-duty truck models are mainly driven in short distances, they do not require a particularly long endurance, but more importantly, they need strong power. Electric vehicles can easily provide high horsepower, and the instantaneous power is very strong, which is convenient for heavy truck models to cross ditches and bumps. Electric heavy trucks can achieve four-wheel drive with a simpler structure, and there are fewer complex structures such as gearboxes and engines, and the subsequent maintenance costs of trams are lower.
Moreover, many fuel-heavy trucks consume a lot of fuel when they start. In areas where traffic enforcement is not strict, there will be a lot of heavy trucks running red lights, and electric heavy trucks do not have this problem, and trucks are very suitable for electrification.
After all, traditional fuel vehicles are not environmentally friendly enough, and the world is looking for clean energy as a new driving force for cars. Japan has previously bet heavily on the hydrogen fuel cell route, but it holds a large number of patents and does not share them with other car companies. Tesla has shared a large number of patents, and the two major economies of China and the European Union have vigorously promoted the transformation of car companies to electrification.
Many foreign companies have placed a large number of orders for electric buses, electric tractors and electric heavy trucks to BYD, and traditional heavy truck companies such as Hino will be greatly challenged.