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BrightDrop EV sets Guinness World Record: 260 miles on a single charge
A FedEx delivery driver just completed a 260-mile drive using a BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric van, setting a Guinness World Record.
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No holiday for delivery firms as fuel prices remain elevated
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…
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Q&A: Merchants Fleet CEO on electrification, keys to fleet sustainability
Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan Keegan discusses the company’s 2021 performance and his outlook for this year.
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BrightDrop secures orders from FedEx Express, Walmart, as EV business accelerates
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…
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BrightDrop delivers first electric vans to FedEx Express
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.
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Merchants Fleet’s $2B EV makeover continues with order for Xos step vans
Merchants Fleet is continuing its electrification efforts, announcing it will order EV step vans from Xos.
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Merchants Fleet introduces online fleet electrification tools
Merchants Fleet is looking to expand access to information on fleet electrification, introducing a central hub of tools and research.
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Merchants Fleet expands EV order, adds 5,400 BrightDrop EV410 models
Fleet management company Merchants Fleet has reserved 5,400 of the EV410, a small electric cargo and utility vehicle being developed by BrightDrop.
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Merchants Fleet orders 12,600 GM BrightDrop electric vans
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.
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