A consortium of automotive sector suppliers led by Toyota has secured an £11.3 million funding boost for a project that will develop a hydrogen-powered version of its Hilux pick-up truck.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) today (December 2) revealed that it would be investing £5.6m in the research scheme, based at the Japanese carmaker’s Burnaston manufacturing plant, with a further £5.7m coming from the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC).

Government claims that 250 jobs could be created by the project, which will initially fund the creation of a pilot production line producing prototypes of the Hilux FC model in 2023.

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