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FedEx Is Introducing Its First All-Electric Delivery Truck to the Nation via a Tour along Route 66
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(OPEN):
ROUTE-66 HAS SEEN A LOT OF HISTORY, OVER THE YEARS. NOW, THE
HIGHWAY IS MARKING ANOTHER MOMENT IN TRANSPORTATION-HISTORY: THIS
SPRING, FEDEX IS INTRODUCING ITS FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC
DELIVERY-TRUCK TO THE NATION--BY TOURING THE COUNTRY ALONG ROUTE-66.
VICE-PRESIDENT OF VEHICLES, JOHN FORMISANO, HAS MORE...
(FORMISANO):
"IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE OUR VISION FOR AN ALL-ELECTRIC
PICK-UP- AND DELIVERY-TRUCK HIT THE ROAD, IN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT INNOVATIVE ELECTRIC-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY CAN
BECOME MAINSTREAM. OUR TRIP DOWN ROUTE-66 WILL SHOW OUR CUSTOMERS,
OUR TEAM-MEMBERS, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WHAT THE FUTURE CAN LOOK LIKE.
I HOPE [THAT] THIS TRIP WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S
TRANSPORTATION-PAST--WHILE [ALSO] SHOWING OUR VISION FOR ITS FUTURE."
(CLOSE):
THE TOUR WILL BE MAKING STOPS IN SUCH CITIES AS SAINT LOUIS, OKLAHOMA
CITY, AND ALBUQUERQUE. AFTER COMPLETING THE TRIP, THE FOUR
ALL-ELECTRIC TRUCKS WILL BEGIN SERVING FEDEX CUSTOMERS IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA--WHERE THEY'LL JOIN THE COMPANY'S EXTENSIVE FLEET OF
ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY VEHICLES--INCLUDING THE LARGEST HYBRID-VEHICLE FLEET IN
THE TRANSPORTATION-INDUSTRY. VISIT
"FEDEX"-DOT-COM-SLASH-"ELECTRIC"--FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BOTH THE TRUCK
AND THE ROUTE-66 TOUR.
