Walmart, FedEx team up with GM to order thousands of electric delivery vans

Walmart has reached an agreement with General Motors-backed BrightDrop to order 5,000 electric delivery vehicles from the company. At the same time, BrightDrop has also expanded its supply agreement with FedEx.

GM announced its entry into the electric vehicle field in January last year, and BrightDrop is GM's dedicated electric delivery spin-off. Under the agreement, Walmart will order two models from BrightDrop, the EV600 and the smaller EV410 delivery van, and the first BrightDrop vans are expected to be delivered in early 2023.

The EV600, which went into production last fall, has 600 cubic feet of cargo space, a range of 250 miles on a full charge and a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds. The EV410 is smaller, has 400 cubic feet of cargo space and a range of 250 miles on a single charge.

Meanwhile, FedEx has reserved an additional 2,000 electric vehicles from GM through a new agreement, adding to its previous order for 500 electric vehicles from the automaker.

FedEx plans to increase its fleet of electric medium-duty delivery vans to 200,000 by 2040, and GM's current two designated models can meet two-thirds of that demand.

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