FedEx Categorical Canada deployed 50 all-electric autos with BrightDrop in an effort to cut back carbon emissions in last-mile supply.

The 50 Canadian-made BrightDrop Zevo 600 electrical supply autos will serve communities in Toronto, Montreal and Surrey.

Normal Motors’ industrial EV enterprise locked in FedEx Categorical as their first buyer in 2021. The 50 Canadian EVs are half of a bigger settlement of two,500 complete autos being integrated throughout FedEx areas, together with greater than 400 which might be already in operation in Southern California.

The Canadian launch is BrightDrop’s first enterprise outdoors of the U.S. Brightdrop began producing EVs in Canada in December.

BrightDrop is manufacturing the Zevo 600s at GM’s CAMI Meeting plant in Ontario.

“FedEx is a key collaborator in our journey to assist cut back carbon emissions for deliveries,” mentioned Steve Hornyak, chief industrial officer at BrightDrop, in a press release. “As our first buyer to deploy Zevos within the U.S. and Canada, FedEx is exhibiting the world how the addition of electrical autos might help obtain formidable sustainability objectives and enhance the communities we stay and work in.”