BrightDrop announces Walmart as new EV customer, expands FedEx relationship

BrightDrop, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors that produces electric commercial vehicles, has announced it is adding Walmart to its roster of customers and expanding its relationship with FedEx. Walmart signed an agreement to reserve 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support its InHome delivery service. The retailer announced it will expand the service’s accessibility from 6 million U.S. households to 30 million by the end of the year.

FedEx has signed an agreement with BrightDrop reserving priority production for 2,000 electric delivery vans over the next few years. This agreement adds to FedEx’s initial reservation of 500 BrightDrop EVs announced last year. In addition, FedEx is working on a plan to add up to 20,000 more in the years to follow, subject to further negotiations and execution of a definitive purchase agreement.

As FedEx works toward its goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040, the company has set a target to electrify its entire parcel pickup and delivery fleet. To achieve that goal, FedEx envisions adding hundreds of thousands of medium electric delivery vehicles over the next two decades.