The BrightDrop Zevo 600 has become the first electric delivery vehicle to make a 418 km journey on a single charge. The trip took the EV from New York City to Washington, D.C. The drive was completed by Stephen Marlin ahead of earth day in a Zevo 600 adorned in FedEx livery, the newly minted GM subbrand’s first customer. Along the way, the delivery vehicle made stops at iconic locations in Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The development time for the Zevo 600 was
also record-setting, at least within GM. The delivery van went into production
just 20 months after its inception, making it the fastest vehicle to market in
the automaker’s history. This wasn’t just a publicity stunt, though. The
electric vehicle actually delivered some Full Circle sustainable cleaning
supplies from that company’s headquarters to the MOM’s Organic Market in
Washington, D.C., a chain of organic grocery stores.
Built on GM’s Ultium platform, the
BrightDrop Zevo 600 offers more than 16,990 lt of cargo space
and has an estimated payload of around 998 kg. The company,
meanwhile, has already secured more than 25,000 production reservations for its
two vehicles, the Zevo 600 and the smaller 400.
