A FedEx delivery driver just completed a 260-mile drive using a BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric van, setting a Guinness World Record.
As fuel prices rise, the ability of last-mile delivery firms to either absorb those costs or pass them along to customers could be key to their survival.
Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan Keegan discusses the company’s 2021 performance and his outlook for this year.
BrightDrop announced FedEx has ordered 2,000 additional electric vans and is in discussions for up to 20,000 more. Walmart also has placed an order for EVs, planning to add 5,000 to its home delivery fleet.
FedEx Express has taken delivery of the first electric vans as part of a 500-unit order from BrightDrop. The vehicles are in operation in California.
Merchants Fleet is continuing its electrification efforts, announcing it will order EV step vans from Xos.
Merchants Fleet is looking to expand access to information on fleet electrification, introducing a central hub of tools and research.
Fleet management company Merchants Fleet has reserved 5,400 of the EV410, a small electric cargo and utility vehicle being developed by BrightDrop.
BrightDrop, the new General Motors business-to-business electric first-to-last-mile delivery subsidiary, will sell 12,600 of its vans to Merchants Fleet.
