Toyota's Hino cancels sales of BYD-supplied electric bus due to toxic chemical -Nikkei

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22/02/2023 03:06

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Hino Motors Ltd  7205.T  has
cancelled plans to market in Japan a bus supplied by Chinese
electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD Co Ltd  002594.SZ  as the bus
contains a chemical banned under Japanese industry guidelines,
the Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.
    The Poncho Z EV, which the Toyota Motor Corp  7203.T  bus-
and truck-making unit had planned to launch by March-end,
contains the carcinogen hexavalent chromium, the newspaper said.
        Hino declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. A
BYD Japan spokesperson was not immediately available for
comment.
    Last week Hino said it had decided to freeze the sale of the
Hino Poncho Z EV compact EV bus it announced last year.
    The automaker partnered BYD - backed by U.S. investor Warren
Buffett - in 2020 to develop electric commercial vehicles
including buses and trucks, in addition to BYD and Toyota's
joint development of electric passenger cars.
 (Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher
Cushing)
 ((Mrinmay.Dey@thomsonreuters.com;))