FedEx Office Pilots Ford E-Transit Vans for FedEx SameDay® City Service
FedEx Office, in collaboration with Ford Pro, is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its FedEx SameDay City network as part of the goal to transition its entire pickup and delivery fleet to zero tailpipe emission vehicles by 2040 in alignment with the overall fleet electrification goal for FedEx.
The vehicles are being tested in nine markets coast-to-coast to assess performance in different road and weather conditions: Chandler, Ariz., Newark, Calif., Boca Raton, Fla., Clearwater, Fla., Plantation, Fla., Chicago, Ill., Madison Heights, Mich., Allen, Texas and Frisco, Texas.
The Ford E-Transit has a targeted range of 126 miles on a single charge, making it an ideal vehicle for local courier delivery. FedEx Office has installed charging stations dedicated to these vehicles at each van’s home location and will supplement with remote charging stations in each market as needed to meet charging needs along courier routes.
By reducing emissions and waste, replacing older technologies and vehicles, and revolutionizing facilities and packaging, FedEx Office is taking significant action to advance its environmental stewardship.
Ford Summit Addresses Chip Shortage Hindering EV Revolution
August 8, 2022 - Ford is co-hosting a CEO summit today along with several major US chipmakers to discuss how they can address the chip shortage holding back the EV industry.
Despite a chip shortage holding the industry back, demand for EVs is hitting a record pace. Legacy automakers are investing billions into electric models to meet the rising demand. Ford’s EV models have been a hit so far (part of the reason why they are holding the summit). The automaker is having success converting consumer favorite models to electric.
Computer chips are used in everything from smartphones to smart vehicles. Although the chip shortage also affects traditional vehicles, EVs rely on these to power the electronics and can require many (sometimes more than double) more chips.
A Systemic Safety Strategy for the Future: VISION ZERO
By Ed Dubens, CEO/Founder of eDriving
The driver risk management and safety industry has long encouraged messaging centered around changing driving behavior to reduce incidents and collisions in an effort to reduce the growing number of serious collision-related injuries and fatalities.
At the same time, the world at large has largely accepted road traffic collisions and fatalities as an inevitable side effect of sharing the roads and an acceptable price for the freedom driving affords.
But, what if a future with zero collision-related injuries and fatalities was within our power to create?
A Call to Action: The New Google Analytics 4 Becomes a Business Tool Thanks to AI
By Ed Pierce, Fleet Industry Marketing Consultant
Google Analytics has been the centerpiece of website performance reporting for years.
Now, however, significant changes are underway with the launch of Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which brings much more insight into website performance through AI to achieve greater visitor insight, predictive traffic capability, and more meaningful metrics than ever before.
The new Google Analytics 4 application takes a quantum leap forward in performance tracking to supplement many of the key Google Analytics features.
How Fleet Professionals Can Help with the Social Aspects of ESG
The social aspects of ESG need to be addressed both internally and externally.
