FedEx says it will be the first U.S. delivery service to add all-electric trucks to their fleet. Starting in June, the company will enter four EVs into service in Los Angeles.
Two of the trucks will come from Navistar, based on a design the parcel service already is using in Europe. FedEx has 10 EV vans in London and five scheduled to enter routes in Paris. The other two trucks are coming from a yet unnamed company.
FedEx plans to eventually have electric charging stations powered by solar arrays or even the Bloom Energy Server at its various locations for its electic fleet to juice up.
While it slowly transitions to all-electric vehicles, the company is making good use of hybrid technology. They've been converting old trucks into hybrids and their Bronx, NY outpost exclusively uses hybrid vans.
via Press Release
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written by Wes, March 29, 2010
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written by JoshCT, March 31, 2010
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written by Robert Evans, March 31, 2010
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written by Jacques, April 02, 2010
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written by PJ, April 06, 2010
- Adds a lot of expense to each truck which would mean fewer new hybrid or EV vehicles could be purchased each year
- Compared to putting the same solar panels on a FedEx building where they could be positioned for optimal sun exposure, the ones on a truck would sometimes be in shade, parking structures, etc. so for a given investment in PV less CO2 would be avoided
- Any increased range due to the solar panels would be difficult to really take advantage of because routes would have to be planned on worst case scenario (overcast or rain) rather than best case with bright sun
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written by Viking, April 08, 2010
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