Tag: BrightDrop
BrightDrop Zevo 600 Electric Delivery Vans Face Extended 18-Month Delivery Times in Canada and U.S.
Customers ordering BrightDrop's Zevo 600 electric delivery vans are encountering an extended 18-month delivery timeline in Canada and the U.S.
BrightDrop's Zevo 600 electric delivery vans now present an 18-month delivery timeline for customers in Canada and the U.S.
This shortly follows the deployment...
FedEx Express Canada Puts 50 New All-Electric BrightDrop Delivery Vehicles on the Road
- The 50 all-electric BrightDrop Zevo 600 delivery vehicles will roll about in Toronto, Montreal, and Surrey.
- These vehicles are part of a larger initiative, including 2,500 electric vehicles across FedEx locations.
- The BrightDrop vans are manufactured at GM's CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. FedEx...
General Motors will Produce Electric Motors in Ontario
The St. Catharines plant will produce motors for electric pickups and the BrightDrop delivery van.
V8 engines will continue to be produced there for a few years longer.
This should support 500 jobs at the factory. General Motors announced it will produce electric motors...
GM’s Financial Goals Depend on the Success of BrightDrop
The electric commercial vans entered production in Canada last week.
General Motors wants to make 50,000 of these vans per year by 2025.
Limited Ultium battery supplies could reduce the output by almost two-thirds. The new BrightDrop division of General Motors plays an important...
FedEx Received Their First 150 BrightDrop Zevo 600 Vans from GM
BrightDrop is a new company set up by General Motors to build electric delivery vans
FedEx is the first customer, with an order of 2,500 units of the larger Zevo 600 model
These vans compete with the Ford E-Transit and the Rivian van Since...
GM Canada to Invest $2 Billion for an EV Production Plant
It will become Canada’s first electric vehicle assembly facility.
CAMI Assembly in Ingersoll will build BrightDrop fully electric delivery vans.
Production is set to begin by the end of 2022. This is massive news for the automobile industry in Canada. General Motors Canada will...
BrightDrop Secured Verizon as the First Customer of its Second Electric Van
BrightDrop is a company making electric delivery vans that is part of General Motors
The new EV410 will join the EV600 in 2023
Verizon is the first customer of the new van, FedEx is the first customer of the larger EV600 BrightDrop is a...
GM Pulling Forward BrightDrop EV Production at Ontario Plant
CAMI to end Equinox in early 2022, start EV600 later that year
Two shifts expected at plant in 2023 General Motors is speeding up the transition from Equinox to BrightDrop at its CAMI assembly plant in Ingersoll, ON. The move is expected to bring...
Unifor Members Ratify Deal to Build BrightDrop EV600 in Ingersoll
New EV delivery van will be first Canadian mass-produced commercial EV
Ingersoll's CAMI plant now home to Equinox crossover General Motors and Unifor Local 88 have just announced the ratification of a deal that will bring $1 billion in investment and new electric delivery...
General Motors Plans To Build BrightDrop EV Vans In Canada
The CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, will build the upcoming BrightDrop EV600 van under GM’s new plan.
The EV600 is a fully electric commercial van with a driving range estimated at 250 miles.
The assembly plant will benefit from a $1 billion CAD...
