GM’s BrightDrop electric truck unit shifts to production mode, adding a smaller delivery van
BrightDrop's EV410 electric delivery van goes into production in 2023, following deliveries of the GM-backed company's larger EV600 truck.BrightDrop, General Motors’ new electric commercial truck unit, completed production of an initial batch of battery-powered delivery trucks that will soon begin shipping to FedEx and said it’s adding a second, smaller van to its lineup designed for use in dense urban markets. the creation of BrightDrop, its first new brand since 1998.
In the push to shift transportation away from carbon-based fuels to electricity to help slow global warming, much of the attention is on battery-powered vehicles for the consumer market, such as Elon Musk’s high-powered Teslas. But commercial van and truck fleets, which typically operate on fixed daily routes, are likely to move even faster as the cost of fueling and maintaining electric vehicles is lower than for conventional diesel and gasoline models.
BrightDrop, which isn’t yet disclosing the purchase price of its EV600 model, estimates that each unit can save fleet operators about $7,000 a year, owing mainly to its lower fueling expense. The commercial van, with 600 cubic feet of cargo space, goes about 250 miles per charge. In addition to supplying units to FedEx, BrightDrop also has orders for 12,600 EV600s from fleet management Merchants Fleet..
“This is a completely different platform” and GM will directly control the production quality, Katz said. “These are pouch batteries that are modular so you can very quickly create different configurations of cells and different form factors.” Initial production of BrightDrop trucks is happening at a supplier plant in Michigan, Katz said. Output will expand significantly in late 2022 when the company will begin building its trucks at GM's CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Canada. Production of EV410 vans begins at CAMI in 2023. BrightDrop didn’t say how many Verizon has ordered for its service fleet.
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