Coming out of the airport freight terminal I saw my first hybrid truck
today, a Toyota "Dyna" (3 ton job?). I thought at first that it might
have been a promotion vehicle for Toyota but it turned out to be part
of Panasonic's logistics network.

In Aichi at least the hybrid passenger vehicles are pretty much
everywhere now, with a lot more minivans (mostly Estima) and RV types
than the subcompact Prius and the Lexus models. I wonder how long it
will be before Hino releases a hybrid tractor-trailer or large bus.