Tech

Our first impressions after driving FedEx’s new electric delivery van

Enlarge / BrightDrop made efficient use of GM’s new electric vehicle platform, bringing the Zevo 600 from idea to reality in less than two years. As new electric vehicles go, the BrightDrop Zevo 600 is pretty spartan. It has a full suite of the latest driver safety aids and a Google-powered infotainment system, but you […]

Entertainment

Black FedEx Driver Allegedly Chased & Shot At By White Father & Son While On Mississippi Delivery Route

A white father and son in Mississippi are facing charges after allegedly chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who was delivering packages in their neighborhood. The driver, 24-year-0ld D’Monterrio Gibson (pictured above, center), was working as a package delivery driver around 7:00 p.m. on the night of January 24 in the city of Brookhaven, Mississippi, […]

Tech

Walmart wants to buy 5, 000 electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop

Enlarge / A BrightDrop EV600 delivery van in Walmart’s livery. The retailer wants to buy 5, 000 BrightDrop EVs in total. (credit: BrightDrop) The electric delivery vehicle startup BrightDrop is on a roll. Set up by General Motors, BrightDrop leveraged the automaker’s investment in its new Ultium battery platform and Ultium Drive electric motors to […]

Sport

A date has been set for the unveiling of the Washington Football Team’s new name, if they could only set a date to stop being a clown show

It took some years but the Washington Football Team is finally going to have a name that is neither a racial slur nor the name a middle schooler would choose in create-a-franchise mode, if forced by parents to play Madden instead of Grand Theft Auto. Washington announced today that on Feb. 2 its new name […]

Tech

FedEx receives its first electric BrightDrop delivery vans

Enlarge / BrightDrop delivers five of 500 electric light commercial vehicles to FedEx, the first customer to receive the EV600s. (credit: FedEx) At the beginning of the year, General Motors CEO Mary Barra announced that the company was starting a new business . It’s called BrightDrop, and it’s focused on providing electrified products for delivery […]

Tech

GM’s BrightDrop starts production of its EV600 electric delivery van

This is the BrightDrop EV410, a new electric delivery commercial vehicle from General Motors. [credit: BrightDrop ] In January, General Motors created a new electric vehicle brand. It’s called BrightDrop, and like GM’s legacy brands that are electrifying, it, too, will use the company’s forthcoming Ultium batteries and Ultium Drive electric motors. Unlike the rest […]

Entertainment

John Krasinski’s A Few Fantastic News Could Be Back To Give Holiday Cheer — With HUGE Celebrity Guests!

It’s Christmas magic! John Krasinski comes with Some Fantastic News! Following a tear-jerking finale along with sensational criticism on the selling of this YouTube show to ViacomCBS, on Sunday, a brand new installment of this quarantine hit dropped with a great deal of surprise guest celebrities that you will not need to miss! The host […]

Business

Just The Way FedEx, UPS, and Also Amazon Ready for holiday Delivery deadlines this Season

Our assignment to generate business better would be fueled by viewers just like you. To enjoy unlimited access to the journalism, subscribe now . Internet shopping has been rising steadily for decades, as well as the deluge of bundles it creates during the vacation season was a constant challenge. However, this year, with all the coronavirus […]

Business COVID 19

Airlines are facing ‘mission of the century’ in shipping COVID vaccines

In cooled warehouses on the fringes of Frankfurt airport, Deutsche Lufthansa AG is preparing its depleted fleet for the gargantuan task of airlifting millions of doses of the vaccines meant to end the global pandemic. Lufthansa, one of the world’s biggest cargo carriers, began planning in April in anticipation of the shots that Pfizer Inc. […]