GM’s BrightDrop is bringing its electric delivery vans to Mexico
Andrew J. Hawkinstransportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.BrightDrop, the electric delivery spinoff of General Motors, is bringing its battery-powered delivery vans to Mexico as its next market.
GM CEO Mary Barra will be on stage at this year’s Code Conference to discuss GM’s evolution as a tech-driven company — including innovation, sustainability, and how AI and EVs are shaping the future of transportation. Apply to attend CodeBrightDrop EVs are built at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, where GM says that production of the Zevo 600 is ramping up with the Zevo 400 “on track to begin in the next few months.
BrightDrop has deals with several major delivery and utility companies, including Walmart, FedEx, and Verizon. The pandemic has fueled a boom in home delivery, with experts predicting that the number of delivery vehicles in the largest 100 cities around the world will increase by 36 percent over the next decade. More trucks equal more tailpipe pollution, at least 36 percent or 6 million tons,The stakes are huge for BrightDrop and for GM.
, making it one of the fastest companies to ever achieve that milestone. But GM’s EV sales have slowed, quarter over quarter, as the company has run into supply chain challenges in terms of getting its Ultium battery vehicles built.that the company was going to make more money faster than Tesla. “To put that in context, it took Tesla 10 years to hit $1 billion,” Katz said. “I feel like this combination, this startup backed by a large company, is paying off pretty well for us.
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