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Recently, foreign media reported that Hino automobile and its commercial vehicle company are developing a truck based on Hino profia, which will use the battery technology developed by Toyota for the second generation Mirai. According to Toyota's announcement, profia's chassis has been specially modified to be used as a fuel cell vehicle, and "substantial weight reduction" is designed to achieve high load capacity. The total weight of the profia, which is about 12 meters long, is 25 tons. " The vehicle will also be equipped with hydrogen fuel cell technology developed by Toyota's second-generation Mirai. It is reported that Toyota's second-generation Mirai will have two fuel cell reactors, with a range of 600 kilometers (unspecified). "Toyota second generation Mirai" Toyota launched the first generation Mirai in 2014, which is also one of the few fuel cell vehicles currently on sale. In 2019, the second generation Mirai was released, but Toyota has not disclosed the fuel cell stack, motor or performance data of the model. At present, only the second generation Mirai is known to be transferred from an independent platform to tnga framework, and the new model will also be equipped with rear wheel drive. The hydrogen tank in the car is bigger than the first generation, and the fuel cell drive has been optimized. Toyota said its goal is to increase the range by 30%. Mirai will be available in Japan, North America and Europe this year.