Domino’s Buys 800 Chevy Bolt EVs for Pizza Supply Fleet

Domino’s Pizza introduced that it’s buying 800 2023 Chevrolet Bolt electrical automobiles for its supply fleet — making it one of many largest EV supply fleets within the nation, with 855 EVs complete.

Domino’s historical past is lengthy intertwined with the historical past of pizza supply normally, with the chain introducing its notorious “supply in half-hour or it’s free” assure in 1979. And the pizza firm believes the Bolt may go days with out fees because of the short-range nature of pizza deliveries. With the 2023 Bolt’s EPA-estimated vary of 259 miles, maybe they’re proper.

Russell Weiner, Domino’s CEO, mentioned:

“Domino’s launched pizza supply in 1960 with a Volkswagen Beetle, rolled out the DXP – a custom-built pizza supply car – in 2015, examined autonomous pizza supply with vehicles and robots, and is now main the cost in the way forward for pizza supply. Domino’s has all the time been on the reducing fringe of pizza supply and electrical supply vehicles make sense as car know-how continues to evolve. We’ve made a dedication to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and that is a technique we are able to start decreasing our environmental influence, one supply at a time.”

The Domino’s DXP was a Chevrolet Spark closely modified by Roush Efficiency. Regardless of the Spark title, this Chevrolet hatchback was powered by an inner combustion engine. The DXP featured a novel livery, a physique equipment and changed the rear passenger seats with a warming oven massive sufficient to suit 80 pizzas. Whereas the Domino’s Bolts may also sport a novel livery, they received’t be fitted with huge warming ovens.

The Bolt will initially be unfold skinny throughout the pizza chain’s 6000-plus U.S. areas, with simply 100 Bolts to be delivered in November. The 700 different Bolts will attain areas within the following months.

To commemorate the electrical hatchback’s introduction to the supply fleets, Domino’s Pizza is giving freely two 2023 Chevrolet Bolts by people getting supply or displaying you’re the largest Domino’s fan.