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GM’s B2B EV’s Making Inroads

General Motor’s introduce their B2B electric vehicle brand, BrightDrop, back in January 2021.

At the time, they also announced a deal to supply Fedex with these new electric vehicles.

Fast-forward to this January 2022, BrightDrop announced another deal with Walmart for 5,000 electric vehicles.

In addition to last year’s deal with Fedex, Fedex also announced this year, they’ve added an order for another 2,000 of the EV’s.

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