{"id":76325,"date":"2024-08-29T15:42:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76325"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:42:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:42:34","slug":"chevy-gains-new-ev-commercial-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=76325","title":{"rendered":"Chevy gains a new EV commercial van: GM’s BrightDrop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chevy<\/a> is expanding its EV portfolio with electric commercial vans. GM announced it\u2019s moving BrightDrop under the Chevrolet brand. The move comes after rival Ford revealed plans for a new \u201cdigitally advanced\u201d commercial EV van as part of its shifting electrified strategy.<\/p>\n

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Chevy will sell GM\u2019s Brightdrop EV vans<\/h2>\n

GM is moving BrightDrop EVs to Chevy\u2019s commercial sales network as it looks to increase sales and challenge Ford, Rivian, and others in the electric van space.<\/p>\n

BrightDrop was launched in January 2021 as a standalone brand focused on commercial EVs. In 2023, the company was integrated into GM Envolve<\/a>, its fleet business. Now, it will be sold under Chevy.<\/p>\n

The brand has two electric vans, the 400 and 600 models, that major transport companies like FedEx, Ryder, and DHL are already using.<\/p>\n

However, GM believes the EVs will sell better under the Chevy brand. GM\u2019s statement on Thursday read: <\/p>\n

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Adding BrightDrop\u2019s electric vans to the expanding Chevrolet EV portfolio will give BrightDrop customers access to one of the industry\u2019s largest and most extensive commercial sales and service networks and enhances brand growth opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The electric vans will now be known as the Chevrolet 400 and 600. Chevrolet\u2019s Vice President Scott Bell said that by adding Brightdrop to the lineup, \u201cwe are combining advanced EV technology with the dependability and widespread accessibility that only Chevrolet can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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GM will still build the commercial electric vans at its CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

The announcement comes after Ford revealed plans<\/a> to launch a new digital advanced commercial van in 2026. Ford already has the best-selling van in the US with the Transit and E-Transit.<\/p>\n

In the second quarter, Ford\u2019s Transit and E-Series combined accounted for half of the full-size commercial van segment in the US.<\/p>\n

Ford sold 6,301 E-Transit vans through the first six months<\/a> of the year, up 116% from 2023. In comparison, GM sold 746 BrightDrop electric vans through June 2024.<\/p>\n

At the end of Q2, the Ford Pro Intelligence software platform had around 600,000 subscribers, up 33% from last year.<\/p>\n

GM hopes that moving its EV vans under the Chevy brand will challenge Ford and others like Rivian<\/a>, which sells electric vans to Amazon.<\/p>\n

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Chevy is expanding its EV portfolio with electric commercial vans. GM announced it\u2019s moving BrightDrop under the Chevrolet brand. The move comes after rival Ford revealed plans for a new \u201cdigitally advanced\u201d commercial EV van as part of its shifting electrified strategy. Chevy will sell GM\u2019s Brightdrop EV vans GM is moving BrightDrop EVs to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}