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Toyota also supplies hydrogen fuel cell (FC) modules to a Chinese company. Toyota China announced on Nov. 2 that Toyota has reached an agreement with Fujian Snowman Co., Ltd., a FC system integrator, to supply Toyota's FC stack and other parts for Snowman's FC system.

Snowman's FC system will be installed in the FC refrigerated logistics vehicles produced and sold by Zhongtong bus.

According to official sources, Snowman owns the core technology of hydrogen fuel cell air circulation system and the Swedish brand AUTOROTOR hydrogen fuel cell twin-screw air circulation system. At present, 12 models of fuel cell systems have been developed to provide fuel cell systems for Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Volvo and many other automakers. In 2006, AUTOROTOR air circulation products were used in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles used in clean cities in Europe. So far, they have run more than 3 million kilometers. In the future, fuel vehicles will be promoted in China to promote the environmental protection and healthy development of the automobile industry.

Toyota partnered with Snowman to provide hydrogen fuel cell modules and jointly promote the application of hydrogen fuel cell technology, which is also part of Toyota's technology strategy promotion and layout in China.

Toyota has been supplying hydrogen fuel cell assemblies to Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturers since 2019.

In 2019, Toyota successively reached technical cooperation on fuel cells with Chinese companies such as BAIC Foton, FAW and Suzhou Jinlong, and Toyota provided partners with key components of hydrogen fuel cells.

In September 2019, Toyota successively reached strategic cooperation with joint venture partners GAC and FAW to comprehensively promote new energy vehicles and energy-efficient vehicle products, including cooperation in hydrogen fuel cell technology. As far as GAC is concerned, it is mentioned in the technical cooperation agreement that the future models of GAC and GAC Toyota will be equipped with fuel cell technology.

In June 2020, Toyota and five Chinese companies, namely, Yihuatong, BAIC, FAW, Dongfeng and Guangzhou Automobile, jointly established a hydrogen fuel cell research and development company led by Toyota in Beijing. Joint fuel Cell system Research and Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was officially established in Beijing on Aug. 20, with a registered capital of 1.673 billion yen (100 million yuan) and operating period until August 2030, according to Tianyan check. The company is jointly established by six companies, of which Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. as a major shareholder accounts for 65%. The main business of the new joint venture is to carry out the research and development of fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles.

Toyota China said the joint venture will develop a competitive fuel cell system that complies with Chinese regulations. The six companies will jointly plan their products through consultation and carry out a series of technological research and development work to meet the needs of the Chinese market, such as "component technology such as FC stack", "FC system control technology" and "vehicle carrying technology". This will greatly shorten the time from development to production, and speed up the popularization of FCEV in China's commercial vehicle market. The company will develop a fuel cell system and its main components that are capable of power, energy consumption and durability, lower cost and more competitive, which is also an indispensable part of popularizing FCEV.

Toyota supplies hydrogen fuel cell modules to a number of Chinese companies with the aim of popularizing its technology and reducing costs. Toyota said that in the future, Toyota will continue to accelerate cooperation with domestic enterprises in component supply and product development, and work together to promote the development of hydrogen energy society in China by promoting and popularizing FCEV.

There is a view that Toyota has stepped up the introduction of technology, perhaps taking a fancy to the vacillating tuyere of new energy vehicle technology and pushing fuel cell technology to a stage where mass production can be achieved. Among them, the Chinese market is the most important market for its promotion.

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