Yahoo! Finance — FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, continues rapid progression towards its recently increased vehicle fuel efficiency goal by adding 1,900 new fuel efficient vehicles to its fleet.
E-trucks provided by FedEx Express are being tested at Argonne’s Advanced Powertrain Research Facility. (Credit: Argonne National Laboratory)
As part of this effort, FedEx Express is working with the Advanced Vehicle Testing group at Argonne National Laboratory, using its Advanced Powertrain Research Facility to test and compare different models of electric vehicles, collecting performance data under various operating conditions. Argonne will collect the electric energy consumption of the vehicles to help determine the total cost of operating an electric vehicle fleet. The U.S. Department of Energy has also provided funding for this testing initiative. Read more.
Posted June 25, 2013