Hino Trucks is adding two Cummins engines to its medium- and heavy-duty Hino truck lineup, the company announced Friday at the virtual 2021 Work Truck Week.
Late last year, Hino said it would pause truck production through this summer at its North American plants "following challenges in the required U.S. engine certification testing process for new model years of the A09C, J08E, and J05E engines for North America."
With Cummins now handling the company's diesel platform, Hino Senior Vice President of Customer Experience Glenn Ellis said the Toyota subsidiary would "redirect engineering and other resources to accelerate the development of the battery electric vehicle portion of Project Z, the company's development path to zero emission vehicles."
The company previously announced plans to develop and produce a full range of Class 4 through 8 battery electric trucks by 2024, and is planning to begin low volume production of the BEV models in late 2022 before ramping to full production by the end of 2023.
Hino plans to make the Cummins B6.7 engine – the most popular diesel engine ever built by Cummins – available in its L Series trucks by the end of this year, initially offering ratings of 240 HP and 260 HP. The B6.7 will be paired with Allison's 2000 and 3000 Series transmissions.
The L Series was previously available with Hino's 230-260HP 8-liter J08 engine.
