Electrifying fleet facilities can take two years or more: FedEx Express manager

FedEx is hardly new to the journey of electrification. It began experimenting with vehicles powered by lead acid batteries as early as 1992. And this June, FedEx Express Canada received…

BrightDrop secures Ryder order for 4,000 vans

Ryder will introduce hundreds of Canadian-made BrightDrop battery-electric vehicles through 2025, as it electrifies the fleet. The leasing and rental giant will introduce 4,000 BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo…

Canadian-made tech plants flag at ACT Expo

California is clearly ground zero in the race to develop zero-emission vehicles, thanks to aggressive emissions rules and sales targets established by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). But several…

BrightDrop electric van sets range record

BrightDrop and FedEx have secured a Guinness World Record for the longest distance traveled by an electric van on a single charge, in a trip that saw a BrightDrop Zevo…

First BrightDrop EVs go to FedEx

BrightDrop has delivered the first five of its EV600 delivery vehicles to FedEx, marking a key milestone for the battery-electric vans that are scheduled to be produced in Ingersoll, Ont.

GM brings BrightDrop electric commercial vehicle to market in record time

General Motors says it has completed its first production builds of its subsidiary BrightDrop’s EV600 electric commercial vehicles, marking the fastest concept-to-commercialization process in company history. It also announced it…