Domino’s plans to put more than 800 all-electric pizza delivery cars into service in the coming months, beginning with over 100 in November. The company chose the tiny Chevy Bolt EV and is wrapping the vehicles with bespoke branding but no extra frills — just combustion-free deliveries (via electrek).
Specifically, Domino will have a fleet of 855 new electric vehicles, which is more than the Chevy Spark-based (gas version) ones it created with special pizza warming oven doors in 2015. However, it still won’t be enough to reach all 6,135 pizza stores in the US. Only 155 of those, known as the Domino’s DXP, were produced. Drivers of the new Bolts must place the HeatWave bags in the backseat just like they would in any other vehicle.
The Domino’s Bolts will be delivering from a small number of corporate and franchise locations across the US. According to Domino’s CEO Russell Weiner, “Electric delivery trucks make sense as automotive technology continues to improve.” While some Dominos sites currently supply vehicles for delivery drivers, many require them to bring their own cars. This could help the company recruit some new staff.
Given that most retailers only service their immediate neighbourhoods and that Chevy Bolt EVs can go 259 miles on a single charge, the manufacturer believes that each vehicle could make many deliveries over the course of several days without needing to be plugged in. Even after aggravating dealership markups, GM has reduced the price of the 2023 model to a starting price of $26,595, making it one of the most cheap EVs on the market. Enterprise Fleet Management and Domino’s collaborated to handle the logistics, maintenance, and other purchases.
You can observe when and where the new EV delivery cars are or will be active on the Domino’s website’s map.
Surprisingly, neither are there any in Houston, where Domino’s has Nuro self-driving delivery vehicles already in use, nor in EV-heavy states like California. The new Domino’s Bolts don’t have any unique features, but after reading a Hagerty article about the difficulties in building Domino’s Chevy Spark-based DXP (the one with the pizza oven), it’s clear why the firm decided not to undertake a clever project this time. However, Rich Rebuilds modified the DXP to a Spark EV if you really want to witness an electric pizza delivery vehicle with an outside oven door.
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