BrightDrop Zevo 600: record range for GM’s electric van
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- 25/04/2022 11:10
General Motors’ BrightDrop Zevo 600 completed the trip from New York to Washington without recharging. It sets a new range record for a vehicle of this type.
260 miles. That’s the distance traveled by the BrightDrop Zevo 600 on a single charge, and more importantly, it is a new record for an electric delivery van!
To carry out the experiment, GM could count on the support of FedEx, which already has several Zevo 600s in its fleet. The unit used for the record was entrusted to a certain Stephen Marlin. He set out from New York to reach Washington.
A Guinness-validated record
The vehicle traveled nearly 260 miles without recharging, roughly 420 km. This is a new autonomy record for a fully electric delivery van. Guinness was present to validate the achievement.
In theory, the Zevo 600 is credited with a range of 250 miles (about 400 km). It can be concluded that driver Stephen Marlin has mastered the fundamentals of eco-driving.
Already 25,000 orders
Starting from a platform dedicated to electric vehicles, General Motors has managed to design a vehicle that is spacious and suitable for delivery constraints (one-ton payload and 17 cubic meters of cargo volume). Capable of supporting a 160 kW charge, the Zevo 600’s battery can recover more than 250 km of range in an hour. The electric motor delivers 300 horsepower, distributed between the four wheels of the vehicle.
In just 12 months, General Motors reportedly received over 25,000 orders for the BrightDrop Zevo 600 and the Zevo 400, a more compact electric van version. The delivery company FedEx, aiming for carbon neutrality in its operations by 2040, alone ordered 2,500 units.
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