Walmart, which plans to expand its InHome grocery delivery service to 62 million US households, will deploy Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 vans in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, northwest Arkansas, Orlando and the San Francisco Bay area by the end of the year. The BrightDrop 400 is produced at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. It… Read more »
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GM BrightDrop division to be merged into Chevrolet, Zevo EV to be renamed Chevrolet BrightDrop
General Motors is merging its BrightDrop division, which designs and manufactures light electric commercial vehicles, into Chevrolet, in order to leverage the latter’s sales and service network. BrightDrop was founded by GM in 2021. Chevrolet was founded 112 years ago in 1911. The move is intended to provide commercial customers with greater convenience when it… Read more »
Ryder deploys its first BrightDrop electric vans
Ryder has introduced its first BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans to its rental fleets at four strategic Ryder facilities in California, Texas and New York. Earlier this year, Ryder announced plans to add 4,000 of the vans to its inventory through 2025. The first 200 were ordered this year. “Ryder’s aim is to continue to… Read more »
FedEx Express Canada adds 50 BrightDrop Zevo 600 EVs to its delivery fleet
GM subsidiary BrightDrop has supplied 50 of its Canadian-made Zevo 600 vans to FedEx Express Canada for last-mile delivery service in the Toronto, Montreal and Surrey areas. These 50 vans are part of an agreement between FedEx and BrightDrop to incorporate 2,500 BrightDrop EVs into FedEx operations in the coming years. According to FedEx, in… Read more »
BrightDrop reports production and customer-acquisition achievements
GM electric delivery system subsidiary BrightDrop has begun shipping the first 500 of its Zevo 600 EVs built at CAMI Assembly, GM’s Canadian EV manufacturing plant, which reopened three months ago for dedicated production of BrightDrop EVs. BrightDrop reports that it has sold out its production of 2023 model year Zevo 600s to more than… Read more »
GM Opens Canadian EV plant for BrightDrop Zevo electric delivery vans
GM and its subsidiary BrightDrop have opened up an EV manufacturing plant in Canada after completely retooling the CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. The automaker began retooling CAMI for EV production on May 1, 2022, and in just seven months, the team installed entirely new production equipment covering two million square feet. BrightDrop will now… Read more »
BrightDrop to supply DHL Express Canada with Zevo 600 EV delivery vans
GMs subsidiary BrightDrop has expanded to its first international market in Canada, agreeing to supply DHL Express Canada with Zevo 600 electric delivery vans. The company has also begun production of the BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery van at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. To help meet customer demand, CAMI expects to produce 50,000… Read more »
BrightDrop delivers first 150 Electric Vehicle electric delivery vehicles to FedEx
FedEx has received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, GM’s new commercial EV brand. The first 150 BrightDrop Zevo 600s were delivered throughout Southern California to FedEx Express. Powered by the Ultium battery platform, the Zevo 600 is designed for last-mile deliveries. GM says the Zevo 600’s time to market has been the… Read more »
BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles
Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV,… Read more »
Walmart, FedEx place large orders for electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop
GM subsidiary BrightDrop has added Walmart to its roster of customers, and expanded its relationship with FedEx. Walmart has reserved 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support the retail giant’s growing last-mile delivery network. Walmart plans to use BrightDrop electric vans as part of its rapidly expanding InHome delivery service,… Read more »