2020 Hino 300 Series: car licence range gets updated safety, hybrid efficiency – CarAdvice

Hino introduces safety features and a mild-hybrid powertrain across its updated range of 300 Series light-duty trucks.
The 2020 Hino 300 Series two-wheel-drive truck range has been given an update with added safety features and a revised hybrid option for car licence holders needing a light-duty truck.
It is one of a number of light duty trucks that can be driven on a car licence, competing with the likes of the Isuzu N Series and Fuso Canter, and is designed to appeal to tradies who may have outgrown their ute.
New safety equipment includes a pre-collision warning system, autonomous emergency braking, pedestrian detection, and lane departure warning – adding to stability control and four-wheel disc brakes already found on the 300.
This makes the 2020 Hino 300 Series only the second truck in its category with autonomous emergency braking and lane departure warning; the Fuso Canter gained this technology in Australia in mid 2018.
The 300 Series provides 3.5-tonne towing capacity with standard or wide cabs, and a revised, lighter hybrid powertrain, or the option of either a 4.0-litre or 5.0-litre diesel engine.
Much of the Hino 300 Series range can be optioned with a GVM of 4495 kilograms, allowing the models to be driven on a standard car licence.
Producing 110kW/470Nm from a 4.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder and mated to a 35kW electric motor, the hybrid option complies with Euro 6 regulations and provides drivers with a claimed fuel saving of more than 20 per cent according to Hino Australia’s, Daniel Petrovski.
“In both independent and Hino local testing of the previous model, the Hino 300 Series Hybrid has proven fuel efficiency improvements of 21 per cent when compared to its diesel counterpart,” said Mr Petrovski.
“It only requires diesel fuel, so there are no special refuelling or operating restrictions –

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