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General Motors is abandoning its BrightDrop electric delivery vans, just four years after introducing the vehicles.
GM announced the end of production of its BrightDrop electric van at the CAMI Assembly plant in Canada, as electric vans prove even harder to sell than pickups
General Motors' embattled BrightDrop electric last-mile delivery van failed to gain traction in the U.S. market.
GM is officially ending production of its quirky BrighDrop electric vans, shutting down its commercial EV division after just a short stint.
GM has officially ended production of the Chevy BrightDrop delivery vans at the CAMI plant in Ontario, with no plans to move production to another facility.
General Motors will end production of its Chevy Brightdrop electric vans at its factory in Ingersoll, Ontario, the company said during its third quarter earnings call Tuesday. The decision was made as slow demand in the electric van market led to hundreds of Brightdrop vehicles piling up in dealer lots in both the US and Canada.
Fedex, DHL, Walmart and Hertz reserved electric delivery vans from GM, but few were purchased. The Brightdrop plant in Canada is idle.
General Motors’ decision to end production of the BrightDrop electric delivery van at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario is the just the latest casualty of the Trump administration’s “dangerous and destabilizing” auto policies,