Hino Halts North American Truck Production and Sales

Hino Motors, Ltd. (“Hino”) has announced that there will be a “formal pause” of vehicle production at its plants in its consolidated subsidiaries in North America; the West Virginia plant at Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A., Ltd. and the Woodstock plant at Hino Motors Canada, Ltd., until the end of September 2021.

The production pause was approved “following challenges in the required U.S. engine certification testing process for new model years of the A09C, J08E, and J05E engines for North America.”

Production will be paused at the two plants described above in the United States and Canada. As a result, new model year vehicle sales in both countries have been postponed.

Production will be paused until the end of September 2021.

Vehicle production resumption and sales of vehicles containing new model year engines are expected in October 2021 in both the United States and Canada.