The brand, called BrightDrop, will sell a commercial van called the EV600 and an electric pallet to help with deliveries. It initially will operate in the U.S. and Canada with a new BrightDrop dealer network. GM declined to provide details about the dealer network.
The Zero Emission Transportation Association, which launched in November to advocate for all vehicles sold by 2030 in the U.S. to be electric models, unveiled numerous federal recommendations in a policy agenda released Tuesday.
The France-based joint venture is seeking to win 30 percent of the European fuel cell van market, which could be as big as 500,000 units by 2030. The first projects will be fuel cell versions of Renault’s Trafic and Master vans.
The Japanese company — a world leader in small motors found in hard drives, air conditioners and factory robots — is now pitching automakers its “E-Axle” system, which combines motors, gears and inverters into a single package.
Three weeks after President Trump moved to extend unemployment benefits, countless Floridians have still not gotten any payments — cutting off a crucial lifeline for workers who lost jobs to the pandemic.