A group of Japanese companies in December 2020 established the Japan Hydrogen Association, an association dedicated to the promotion of a global hydrogen-based eco-system.

Toyota Motor Corporation has joined the recently formed Japan Hydrogen Association, a body created to promote global collaboration and the formation of a hydrogen supply chain in the field.

Japanese truck manufacturers, Toyota Motors Corporation, and its subsidiary, Hino Trucks Ltd, have come together to develop jointly a hydrogen fuel cell powered tractor unit for the Class 8 market in North America in conjunction with Hino Trucks’ subsidiaries in the USA  and Toyota Motor North America.

Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda R&D Co Ltd are to create a mobile power generation/output system, 'Moving e', consisting of a fuel cell bus which can carry a large amount of hydrogen, portable external power output devices and portable batteries.

Toyota Motor Corporation says it has developed a new world  first ‘stamp-type plating’ technology for metal coatings.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its truck-making subsidiary, Hino Motors Ltd in March announced plans to jointly develop a fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck and to jointly push ahead with initiatives that will encourage the commercial adoption of hydrogen fuel-cell technologies, including verification tests and other initiatives.

Toyota Motor Corporation has continued to roll-out its new Hiace model by launching the sixth generation of the minibus in Thailand in June.

Toyota Motor Corporation said it is supplying key parts for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles to Chinese truck and bus builders, FAW Group Corporation and Higer Bus Co Ltd, as it looks to promote the use of the technology globally.

Toyota Motor Corporation and BYD Company have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles.

Tokyo-based Toyota Motor Corporation, worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, is to support the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, by developing a special new product, the APM, a battery electric mobility vehicle designed expressly for use at the Games.

Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation have concluded contracts for business-integration and for a new joint-venture company for automotive battery R&D and manufacture.