Sustainable Transport | Hybrid Trucks
Hybrid trucks are typically light-duty trucks built for efficiency, economy, and the environment.
Electric-Diesel Hybrids offer unique specifications which help by improving fuel efficiency and reduce your carbon footprint.
Downer
Customers like Downer operate several Hino 915 Hybrid toolbox tip trucks similar to the one pictured to the left throughout the country.
They have found through a like for like comparison with a comparable diesel only truck that the fuel savings are significant.
TR Group have been so impressed with the performance of these Hybrid trucks that we will be adding them into our rental fleet in a variety of categories such as traffic management, toolbox tippers and metro curtainside delivery vehicles.
HINO Hybrid
The Hino Hybrid range uses a parallel hybrid system, the electric motor / generator is a supplementary power source that generates electricity by gathering kinetic energy when the truck decelerates. The diesel engine isn’t used to generate electricity and returns to idle when ever it is not needed to drive the truck. A unique feature is that there is no conventional starter motor fitted, instead the electric motor is used to start the truck. This and the hybrid system increases energy efficiency and reduced fuel consumption.
The Hino Hybrid 300 Series uses a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery. Worldwide, the same Toyota Group battery technology has been used in over 3 million hybrid vehicles – proof of Hino’s reliability, safety, and durability, even in high use current applications.
