Partners Kalmar, Toyota Tsusho America Inc. and Ricardo to work together to develop fuel cell powered terminal tractors

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is collaborating with Toyota Tsusho America Inc. and global strategic environmental engineering consultancy Ricardo in a project to develop fuel cell powered terminal tractors.

As part of the project, a Kalmar customer in the US will trial two Kalmar Ottawa terminal tractors powered by fuel technology at their container terminal on the west coast.

Chris Dvorak, director of engineering at Kalmar, said: “We are applying the learnings we have gained from our battery-electric platform to implement a modular fuel cell platform that will help customers meet increasingly strict emissions targets.