The Japan-based Toyota subsidiary was recently caught cheating in a web of misconduct that lasted over 20 years. Now the Hino reputation is so damaged, that even the majority stakeholder Toyota is distancing itself from the truckmaker. The latest move against Hino has been the removal of the company from the Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT).
Toyota, the majority stakeholder, does not see the Hino brand as a suitable partner for its next-gen zero-emissions commercial trucks. Hino had already been a member of the partnership for approximately a year, but the involvement made no sense after their emissions-cheating was exposed.
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