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BrightDrop secures orders from FedEx Express, Walmart, as EV business accelerates

Electric van maker BrightDrop said that FedEx Express and Walmart have placed orders for a total of 7,000 vehicles, with the FedEx order potentially expanding to include an additional 20,000 units pending the successful conclusion of ongoing negotiations.

The announcement was made Wednesday by General Motors CEO Mary Barra during her CES keynote address. BrightDrop is a GM (NYSE: GM) subsidiary. In a Tuesday press briefing prior to the announcement, FedEx’s Richard Smith, regional president of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/brightdrop-secures-orders-from-fedex-express-walmart-as-ev-business-accelerates

GM bets on BrightDrop’s connected last-mile delivery ecosystem

BrightDrop electric pallet

Many shippers in the e-commerce segment learned invaluable lessons in 2020 — siloed solutions don’t work well when scale and speed are a must. The same can be said for last-mile delivery operations. Siloed operations — where data, equipment and people are operating on different timelines — can doom the overall customer experience.

Currently, hundreds of vehicle makers — both legacy and startups — are working to bring electric vehicles to market. For the e-commerce brand or anyone else involved...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gm-bets-on-brightdrops-connected-last-mile-delivery-ecosystem