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Toyota, Daimler Truck, Volvo fuel‑cell venture

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In late July 2026, Toyota Motor Corporation signed a binding agreement to acquire a one‑third ownership stake in Cellcentric, the hydrogen fuel‑cell joint venture originally founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group. The transaction makes each of the three manufacturers equal ~~33 %~~ 33.3% shareholders, with the deal expected to close by the end of 2026 or early 2027 pending regulatory approval. Cellcentric designs and manufactures hydrogen fuel‑cell systems for heavy‑duty trucks, buses, rail, marine, off‑highway equipment and stationary power, employing over 560 staff across sites in Germany and Canada and holding roughly 700 patents. Through this partnership, Toyota intends to provide core fuel cell technologies, including cells, materials, and stacks, to accelerate the mass production of large‑scale commercial vehicle components. The partners ~~say~~ state the ~~partnership~~ collaboration will bolster the venture’s technological lead, industrial ~~scaling~~ scaling, and competitiveness while each company continues to compete independently in other market segments and supports broader hydrogen‑supply‑chain and refueling infrastructure development. This move occurs amid intensifying global competition in the hydrogen commercial vehicle market, as governments in China, Japan, and the European Union implement various policies to support hydrogen ecosystems and emission reduction targets.

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