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FedEx is the first customer to receive electric delivery vans. The EV will be integrated into the fleet in 2022.
BrightDrop, which is GM's new dedicated electric delivery van spinoff, said it delivered five of its larger-sized EV600 delivery vans to FedEx, the first in a planned 500-vehicle order. The EV600 can travel up to 250 miles on a full battery and has a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds.
The FedEx facility in California will be where the vans will be housed and maintained. FedEx plans to deploy BrightDrop's vehicles on the roads in Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th century and will add more vehicles as BrightDrop makes them available.
FedEx has more than 200,000 vehicles.
FedEx has more than 200,000 vehicles. The company had 2,944 electric vehicles in service, which included electric and hybrid delivery trucks, forklifts, and airport ground service equipment. The company will spend $2 billion to become carbon neutral.
FedEx was interested in buying electric vans from GM when the company first announced the creation of BrightDrop. FedEx has been looking for an EV supplier for a long time. The company had a deal with Chanje to buy 1,000 electric delivery vans but was left in the lurch when Chanje failed to fulfill its promise. FedEx is now suing Chanje, which shut down earlier this year.
The GM and FedEx Express collaborated on a pilot project to test out an electric pallet that can be used to transport packages from a delivery vehicle to a customer's front door. The electric pallet allowed FedEx workers to handle 25 percent more packages.
GM decided to spin off a new EV-focused logistics business as part of a massive, $35 billion pivot to electric vehicles. GM is trying to rewrite its history and lead the charge into an all-electric future as it tries to catch up with other EV makers.
