Domino’s Pizza Electrifies Its Supply Fleet for 2023

• Domino’s says it’s constructing “the biggest electrical pizza supply fleet within the nation.”
• The Chevrolet Bolt fleet affords a number of benefits, together with decreased gasoline prices and offering automobiles for drivers who don’t have considered one of their very own.

As 2022 involves an finish, Domino’s is jump-starting its pizza supply mannequin in a sustainable approach, including tons of of electrical automobiles to its fleet within the coming months. The corporate can also be planning to provide away two automobiles to fortunate followers of the model.

Greater than 100 custom-branded 2023 Chevy Bolt electrical automobiles are arriving at choose franchise and company shops all through the U.S. this month. The world’s No. 1 pizza chain will steer an extra 700 automobiles into Domino’s parking tons in 2023, the corporate stated, creating “the biggest electrical pizza supply fleet within the nation.” Right here’s an interactive map exhibiting what number of Domino’s Chevy Bolt EVs are presently in every state and what number of are coming quickly.

“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 automobiles and robots, and is now main the cost in the way forward for pizza supply,” Domino’s CEO Russell Weiner stated.

The chain started testing self-driving supply automobiles from Nuru in Houston in 2021. The choice was supplied to pick prospects within the metropolis’s Woodland Heights neighborhood.

“Domino’s has at all times been on the chopping fringe of pizza supply, and electrical supply automobiles make sense as car expertise continues to evolve,” Weiner stated. “We’ve made a dedication to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and that is a method we will start lowering our environmental impression, one supply at a time.”

Electrical automobiles present a number of benefits for Domino’s shops. Ample battery storage probably means “days of deliveries” that can in the reduction of on gasoline prices. Moreover, the automobiles provide zero tailpipe emissions, superior security options and decrease common upkeep prices than nonelectric automobiles—all with out the monetary impression of excessive fuel costs.

Electrical fleet automobiles additionally present extra alternative to draw supply drivers who don’t have a automobile of their very own—an additional benefit within the post-pandemic period when hiring drivers has confirmed to be an issue for the chain.

Domino’s already delivers with electrical bikes and/or scooters in 24 worldwide markets, together with the U.S.

The chain is partnering with Enterprise Fleet Administration, which can provide native hands-on account administration, car acquisition, financing, telematics options and upkeep for the electrical supply fleet.

Clients who covet an electrical automobile of their very own will lastly get their likelihood—in the event that they get fortunate. Two Chevy Bolts will likely be given away in a contest that began on November 21. To qualify for an opportunity to win, prospects can: 1) order Dominos supply on-line between November 21 and February 12, 2023, and routinely be entered into the competition; or 2) create movies for TikTok or Instagram Reels sharing why they’re “pizza’s largest fan” with the hashtags #DominosDeliversAChevy and #Contest between November 21 and December 4, 2022.