đź“° Auto News GM Shows Off New 'BrightDrop' EV Brand, 250-Mile Electric Delivery Van - FedEx one of first customers

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In the early days of 2021 it's become abundantly clear that GM plans to hit the ground running with its EVs—pandemic or not. While all of its other brand's upcoming electric entries like the GMC Hummer EV and the Cadillac Lyriq are going to be sold within the bounds of existing companies, GM has just announced a brand new one specifically for electric delivery vehicles: BrightDrop.
A 250-mile electric delivery van, dubbed the "EV600," will be sold under this name, but also many other business-assisting electric vehicles as well, starting with a sort of electric pallet on wheels called the "EP1." Both of these machines are intended to be sold directly to businesses, and apparently, GM has been keeping its head down and quietly finding customers for both the EV600 and EP1. Shipping service FedEx will be among the first buyers of the vehicle, which is doubtlessly a huge contract. While certainly, a company like Tesla would be quick to put out a press release if they had been testing a delivery vehicle with the likes of FedEx, GM has apparently been doing it for some time and said absolutely nothing.


We don't know a ton about the EV600, but GM has released a few specifications of it. First of all, the aforementioned range of 250-miles is pretty standard for a delivery vehicle, and it comes courtesy of a GM Ultium battery pack. It can recharge 170 miles—68 percent of its total capacity—in one hour thanks to 120-kW DC fast-charging. The van also has an impressive storage capacity of 600 cubic feet and a GVWR of 10,000 pounds.

It also appears as if the EV600 will have a plethora of sensors and cameras to make it as appealing as possible to fleet customers. Features like front and rear park assist, automatic emergency braking, forward collision alert, front pedestrian braking, lane keep assist with lane departure warning, automatic high beams and an HD rear-view camera will all be available standard. Other features like rear cross-traffic braking, blind zone steering assist, reverse automatic braking, HD surround-vision, rear pedestrian alert, and enhanced automatic emergency braking will also be available as options.

 
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