[照片：礼貌Brightdrop]他说：“您不需要车轴，您不需要储油箱的存储空间，也不需要树干来存放引擎。”Brightdrop的工程师花了数百个小时的时间与送货司机一起骑车，以了解他们全天的工作方式。当他们考虑车辆如何帮助使工作更轻松时，他们还考虑了如何更好地使用电动汽车中的额外空间。
[照片：礼貌Brightdrop]例如，如果没有车轴，就可以将车辆的步进高度降低几英寸。“That doesn’t sound like a lot, but an average delivery driver getting in or out of the vehicle 50 to 100 times, those extra two inches can really save a lot of wear and tear and a lot of exhaustion,” he says, “and makes their job easier.”
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[照片：礼貌Brightdrop]当驾驶员驶入公园时，货车上的货物门会自动打开。该车辆还具有宽阔的人行道，具有货物运动传感器的安全系统，以及一些安全功能，这些功能也已成为其他车辆的标准配置，包括如果行人在前方行走并在需要时自动刹车，可以警告驾驶员。
[照片：礼貌Brightdrop]该车辆可以用费用行驶250英里，足以覆盖一天的交付价值。过去，其他一些电动汽车努力获得100英里的范围。在每辆车的寿命上，与柴油车相比，联邦快递应省钱，因为燃油和维护都可以节省。联邦快递首席可持续发展官米奇·杰克逊（Mitch Jackson）说：“我认为我们已经达到了这个拐点，商用电车具有扩展能力。”
[照片：礼貌Brightdrop]Five of the new vehicles were delivered to FedEx in the L.A. area today, and after driver training, will start showing up on routes in early 2022. Hundreds more vans will be rolling off BrightDrop’s assembly line and delivered in 2022. FedEx has already installed 500 electric chargers. As it adds thousands of additional electric vehicles, installing enough charging infrastructure will take time. Companies like BrightDrop will also have to dramatically scale up production. But the first delivery is a hopeful sign: While it typically takes five years for a vehicle to go from concept to commercialization, BrightDrop started working with FedEx on the custom vehicle only 20 months ago, and the vans are already beginning to roll off the assembly line.
