Harbinger lands $300M-plus FedEx order for 2,000 EV trucks

Harbinger has received an order from FedEx for 2,000 all-electric trucks, a deal valued at more than $300 million, the Garden Grove, Calif. -based manufacturer announced Wednesday. The trucks are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2027 and will run in FedEx pickup and delivery operations across the United States and Canada.

Harbinger calls the purchase one of the largest binding orders for electric medium- or heavy-duty trucks in history. All 2,000 are due in about 18 months. Co-founder and CEO John Harris told Bloomberg News, via a syndicated Transport Topics article that the company recently finished building its 1,000th vehicle.

FedEx placed an initial order for 53 Harbinger electric trucks in November 2025, a mix of Class 5 and Class 6 models, while co-leading Harbinger’s $160 million Series C. One FedEx executive also sits on Harbinger’s board: Paul Melander, FedEx’s senior vice president of safety and transportation.

“FedEx is demonstrating that the business case for incorporating electric vehicles into real-world fleet operations at scale makes sense,” Harris said. “Our previous work together gave FedEx firsthand experience with the performance and economic advantages Harbinger vehicles can deliver.” window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd.

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The order covers a mix of models from Harbinger’s all-electric lineup, though the announcement did not say how many of each FedEx bought. FedEx is working toward an all-electric parcel pickup and delivery fleet by 2040.

“Electrifying a fleet at this scale requires vehicles that can perform the work our robust operations demand while also delivering meaningful economic benefits,” Melander said. Harbinger estimates each of its trucks cuts fuel costs by an average of $20,000 a year compared with the diesel vehicle it replaces.

The company engineers its trucks for a 20-year service life, matching the typical life of Class 5 and Class 6 medium-duty trucks. On those assumptions, 2,000 trucks in a single North American fleet would save about $40 million in fuel a year, according to Harbinger, or $800 million over 20 years.

Using published Department of Energy data, Harbinger also estimates that replacing 2,000 diesel trucks will avoid more than 1. 7 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the vehicles’ operating lives. The trucks have improved suspension and handling to reduce fatigue, along with advanced driver assistance technology, according to Harbinger.

The company lists a 42-foot turning diameter, which it says makes the trucks easier to maneuver on tight city and residential streets. Kaizen Automotive Group, Harbinger’s Canadian dealer, will support the Canadian portion of the deployment. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {var gptSlot = googletag.

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