The latest Truck Industry Council sales figures for Alternative Fuel commercial vehicles has revealed that Hino’s play to supply more of its Hybrid diesel trucks into the market to satisfy the slow uptake of lower emission trucks is enjoying a gradual increase.
In the figures for the month of June, Hino registered 33 of its 300 Series light duty trucks, one of the best monthly results the brand has enjoyed so far, taking its YTD sales of the electric assisted powertrain trucks to a total of 117 for the first six months. Its tally to the end of May had been 84 giving an average of just under 17 trucks a month for that period, with the June result doubling its normal monthly average so far.
So far this year, for the first six months, TIC’s figures indicate that Alternative Fuel vehicles, which include Hino’s Hybrid as well as all battery electric trucks and vans accounted for 263 registrations, with June accounting for 51 of that total.
To put those numbers in some context, the total commercial market over 3.5 tonnes had a tally of 4152 registrations for June and so far this year the market has amounted to 19,526 units. That translates to Alternative Fuel vehicles holding 1.2 per cent of the overall market in June and 1.3 per cent for the YTD.
Second in the AltFuel sector overall this year is Chinese brand Foton Mobility which has registered 52 battery electric trucks for the first six months, including two registrations for the month of June.
Behind Foton, global automaker Ford is next best overall, having registered 26 of its battery electric Transits so far this year and three in June.
Another Chinese brand, LDV is third with its battery electric vans and light trucks, having registered 15 so far in 2026, but did not register any in June.
Mercedes-Benz vans was next on the overall AltFuel rankings with 13 battery electric registrations YTD and two registrations in June.
Swedish truck maker Volvo is dominating the alternative fuel rankings for medium and heavy duty segments, but the word dominance is relative, given the brand’s tally of battery electric registrations YTD has been 12, with just two units in June.
Fuso with 11 battery electric regos so far this year, and just three in June ranked next best ahead of Hyundai with ten battery electric YTD and three in June, with Daimler brand Mercedes-Benz Trucks at the bottom of the scoresheet.
The figures show that light duty is the strongest segment in AltFuels, and as mentioned Hino leads that overall, using its proven tech to overcome the qualms of potential low emission buyers.
Heavy duty really lags the rest of the AltFuel charts with just 0.24 per cent of the market underlining that infrastructure challenges are still a big hurdle for most potential buyers.
Interestingly, while Hino’s Hybrid is out in front, battery electric now counts for around 60 per cent of the total AltFuel market.
