GM's BrightDrop signs first customer in Canada, unveils country's first large EV factory
BrightDrop's relationship with GM gives it manufacturing and financial heft that several of its rival EV startups lack, experts said.BrightDrop launched in 2021 and is forecast to reap its first $1 billion in sales next year, said Katz, who added that it tookBrightDrop previously made vans in a temporary factory in Michigan. It already has delivered 150to package carrier FedEx Corp. The company's other U.S.
Those companies and many others have set goals to replace gas-burning delivery trucks and service vehicles with zero-emissions alternatives over time. DHL Express Canada's new relationship with BrightDrop"will help bring us closer to that target," CEO Andrew Williams said.
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