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(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/) FedEx will be the first customer for GM’s new electric delivery van - Ars Technica
FedEx Express is slated to be the first customer of the BrightDrop EV600 and will begin receiving its vehicles later this year.
General Motors
FedEx Express is slated to be the first customer of the BrightDrop EV600 and will begin receiving its vehicles later this year.
General Motors
Powered by the Ultium battery system, the BrightDrop EV600 is aiming to have an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge and will have segment-leading safety features.
General Motors
Powered by the Ultium battery system, the BrightDrop EV600 is aiming to have an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge and will have segment-leading safety features.
General Motors
FedEx Express is slated to be the first customer of the BrightDrop EV600 and will begin receiving its vehicles later this year.
General Motors
Powered by the Ultium battery system, the BrightDrop EV600 is aiming to have an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge and will have segment-leading safety features.
General Motors
The EP1 is a propulsion-assisted electric pallet developed to move goods more efficiently over short distances. The EP1 can help reduce package touch points, overall operational costs, and physical strain on the labor force.
General Motors
The EP1 is a propulsion-assisted electric pallet developed to move goods more efficiently over short distances. The EP1 can help reduce package touch points, overall operational costs, and physical strain on the labor force.
General Motors
BrightDrop offers an integrated, cloud-based software platform, which provides customers visibility and access to their BrightDrop products through both Web and mobile interfaces. The BrightDrop mobile asset management platform provides insights to an EP1, including its real-time location, battery status, remote commands to lock and unlock, and over-the-air updates of connected features.
General Motors
BrightDrop offers an integrated, cloud-based software platform, which provides customers visibility and access to their BrightDrop products through both Web and mobile interfaces. The BrightDrop mobile asset management platform provides insights to an EP1, including its real-time location, battery status, remote commands to lock and unlock, and over-the-air updates of connected features.
General Motors
The EP1 is a propulsion-assisted electric pallet developed to move goods more efficiently over short distances. The EP1 can help reduce package touch points, overall operational costs, and physical strain on the labor force.
General Motors
BrightDrop offers an integrated, cloud-based software platform, which provides customers visibility and access to their BrightDrop products through both Web and mobile interfaces. The BrightDrop mobile asset management platform provides insights to an EP1, including its real-time location, battery status, remote commands to lock and unlock, and over-the-air updates of connected features.
General Motors
On Tuesday morning, General Motors Chairwoman and CEO Mary Barra announced a new business for the company during her keynote speech at this year's all-virtual CES. It's called BrightDrop, and the goal is to provide a range of electrified products for the logistics and delivery industries.
"We are building on our significant expertise in electrification, mobility applications, telematics and fleet management, with a new one-stop-shop solution for commercial customers to move goods in a better, more sustainable way," Barra said.
BrightDrop's first product is called the EP1, and it's a pallet with an electric propulsion assist meant to transport things short distances, such as from a delivery van to the customer's door, at speeds of up to 3mph (5km/h). The EP1 can carry up to 200lbs (91kg) and about 23 cubic feet (651L) of cargo, with adjustable shelves and lockable cabinet doors. GM says the EP1 will be available early this year.
The BrightDrop EV600 is probably more in line with what you might expect from GM. It's an electric delivery vehicle powered by GM's new Ultium batteries, and it has a range of approximately 250 miles (402km) on a single charge and the ability to fast charge at 120kW. There's a clue to its cargo capacity in the name—600 cubic feet (16,990L), with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000lbs (4,536kg). In addition to a full suite of safety aids, there's also a cargo area security system with motion sensors to stop miscreants from alighting with the contents of the van.
GM says that interest in the EV600 has been strong, and the first vans will be delivered by the end of this year. Those first EV600s will wear FedEx Express colors; the delivery company has also been testing the EP1 in a pilot program (a pallet pilot?) which it says allowed its couriers to handle 25 percent more packages per day.
In addition to the EP1 and EV600, BrightDrop will also provide a cloud platform for real-time location monitoring, fleet management, and so on. And GM says that BrightDrop is working on some other ideas for future products, like a medium-range vehicle that transports multiple EP1s.
Jonathan is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica. He has a BSc and PhD in Pharmacology. In 2014 he decided to indulge his lifelong passion for the car by leaving the National Human Genome Research Institute and launching Ars Technica's automotive coverage. He lives in Washington, DC.
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