BrightDrop Upfitting Support Can Retrofit Its Ecosystem Into Existing Fleets
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General Motors is offering BrightDrop upfitting support that can retrofit the newly launched logistics brand’s entire ecosystem into existing Ford Transit or Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based fleets.
BrightDrop upfitting support allows fleet customers to modify their existing vehicle fleets in order to utilize BrightDrop technology like the EP1 electrically-assisted delivery pallet. By adapting existing commercial vehicle fleets to use the EP1, fleet customers can easily load and unload EP1 pallets in the back of their Ford Transit or Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans without having to switch its fleet over the BrightDrop EV600 delivery van.
A fleet customer may want to use BrightDrop upfitting to retrofit their vehicles to use the EP1, as the pallet can help improve worker productivity and reduce the chance of muscle strain or injury. The pallet is designed to quickly and easily move goods over short distances, like from a delivery vehicle to a customer’s front door, for example. It features in-wheel hub motors, has a maximum speed of 3 mph and a maximum payload capacity of 200 lbs. The interior shelves also have a max load rating of 100 lbs.
BrightDrop has developed a Mobile Asset Management software for logistics companies to help track and control their EP1 pallets, which may also help attract fleet customers to its upfitting service. The app allows the user to name their EP1 pallets for tracking purposes, lock and unlock the access doors, check the battery and charge status and track them in real-time, among more. In short, it’s essentially a vehicle fleet management software for the smart internet-connected electric delivery pallets.
“BrightDrop offers a smarter way to deliver goods and services,” GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement released this month. “We are building on our significant expertise in electrification, mobility applications, telematics and fleet management, with a new one-stop-shop solution for commercial customers to move goods in a better, more sustainable way.”
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This is cool!
Hey GMAuthority where’s the absolute bomb, HUUGE breaking news; “GM announces plan for entirely electric line-up by 2035”
Hello, anybody at home GMA, it’s all over the internet. Crusty petrolheads about to flip-out and go full blast nuclear, it’s time to get some extra popcorn.
Covid is a hoax, the election was stolen, now Biden want’s to take our gas cars away! 🙂
Because they already covered it?? https:// gmauthority .com/blog/2021/01/gm-aims-for-zero-tailpipe-emissions-by-2035-carbon-neutrality-by-2040/
GM should be offering electric motors attached to a front axle assembly that can be retrofitted to every brand of medium duty truck. With just the equivalent of 50 HP each that’s 100 HP total of maximum power at off idle speeds, meaning fast acceleration and a huge savings on fuel for the normal engine. Even Tesla does not make their own motors, they are made by BMW.
Agree with drop in kits for front or rear axles (Navistar did it briefly) but it’s BMW who’s using Tesla’s EV motors.
Rear axle kits today would be SUPER easy to do with a thin flat battery that didn’t exist 15 years ago taking up just 4 inches in the bed. Just pop off the differential cover and bolt it on.
Imagine any old truck with instant torque and no noise. 50 cents a gallon and 200 mile range for about $10k installed.
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