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FedEx is mounted as one of the most used shipping companies in the world, as itServices Each Street in the United States and more than 220 countries. According to the company, Fedex is responsible for the average benefit of 18 million packages of 18 million days. But with so many packages to ship, it is not surprising that delivery delays can occur often, of course, through the Pandemic of Covid and the Continuing Staffing Shortage. In order to combat these problems, FedEx has just announced that it is a major change in its delivery service. Read it to find out what society unfolds differently and how it could affect your future deliveries.

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FedEx isPlan to test Electric trolleys As a potential delivery method, CNBC reported on March 25. According to news, the company will use this method to make shipments on its Signature Express routes in 10 United States and Canadian cities throughout the year. The initiative has already started in two cities: New York and Toronto. But FedEx has not yet finalized which other cities will be added as part of the test program in 2022.

According to CNBC, Fedex tests this new method in the hope of helping one of the main problems of delivery of the company - a lack of parking in the big cities it serves.

"You serve skyscrapers and very dense areas. What this allows us to do is reduce the number of vehicles needed to serve this route and operate the mail in a more efficient way so as not to go and a truck,"Musgrove of RussGeneral Manager of Global Vehicles for Fedex Express told the publication of news.

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FedEx uses the EP1 electric trolley made by BrightDrop, a power supply and delivery company created by General Motors in 2021. According to CNBC, the tests already show positive results in terms of receipt of packages to customers. The company said the tests in New York and Toronto have shown that a letter is able to deliver 15% more packages each day with these electric trolleys than with a traditional delivery model.

Pdg of brightdropTravis Katz Tailed CNBC that rising gas costs is to interest electrical delivery methods. "Everyone begins to take a look at this electrification movement and realize that the time has come to change," said Katz. "The instability that happens in global oil markets, rising prices, provokes that everyone understands that the status quo does not work in the long run."

This could be good news for FedEx customers because they are about to be struck with the impact of rising gas prices. According to Nexstar, FedEx decided to meet its additional costs forThree shipping services April 4: Express, land and freight. "FedEx regularly examines its supplement of fuel," said the company in a statement at the exit of the news. "This change will allow FedEx to provide customers with the best possible service because the increase in fuel costs add to the cost of serving."

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