FedEx President Frederick W. Smith to Testify on Capitol Hill, Accompanied by New All-Electric Delivery Vehicle

Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, co-Chairman of the Energy Security Leadership Council, and a member of the Electrification Coalition, will testify Wednesday morning at a hearing of the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. Smith will speak to the dangers posed by our nation's dependence on petroleum, and the Electrification Coalition's detailed plan to end that threat through the electrification of the ground transportation system. The hearing will take place at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Parked outside the hearing room will be one of FedEx's first all-electric delivery vehicles, which has just completed a trip down historic Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles.

WHO: Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO of FedEx Corporation

WHAT: Testimony before the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment

  WHERE:
  2123 Rayburn House Office Building
  Washington, D.C.

  WHEN:  Wednesday, April 28

  TIME:  9:30 a.m.

NOTE: Media interested in discussing, viewing and riding in the FedEx all-electric delivery vehicle should contact Deborah Willig at 901-508-4377

The Electrification Coalition is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization committed to promoting policies and actions that will facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental, and national security vulnerabilities caused by our nation's dependence on petroleum.

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- April 26/