Hino Adds Electric Class 6/7 Truck for Q3 Production
Hino introduced its Le Series battery-electric medium-duty truck, with Class 6 and Class 7 configurations and production scheduled to begin in Q3.
Hino Brings a Medium-Duty EV to ACT Expo
Hino Trucks introduced its new Le Series battery-electric medium-duty truck, adding Class 6 and Class 7 configurations to the commercial EV market. Production is scheduled to begin in the third quarter, according to Heavy Duty Trucking.
The truck will be available as the L6e at 25,950 pounds GVWR and the L7e at 33,000 pounds GVWR. Hino is positioning the Le Series for fleets that need medium-duty electric equipment but still have to match payload, charging, and uptime requirements to real routes.
The Specs Fleets Will Check First
The Le Series uses Accelera's Integrated e-Axle 14Xe Gen 4.5, rated at 260 kW peak power and 180 kW continuous power. It pairs the motor with an integrated two-speed automatic transmission and axle, a setup aimed at giving the truck more usable torque across urban and vocational duty cycles.
Energy comes from a Hexagon Purus ProPack battery system with Panasonic Energy lithium-ion cells rated at 269 kWh and up to 750 volts. Hino says DC fast charging through CCS Type 1 at 120 kW can take the truck from 0% to 80% state of charge in about 1.8 hours.
The Fleet Angle
For fleet buyers, the notable part is not just that another EV truck is entering the market. It is that Hino is aiming at medium-duty applications where daily routes, depot charging, and predictable dwell time can make electrification easier to plan than long-haul use cases.
