Steve Hornyak, BrightDrop: The opportunity to electrify is here and now

By Daniel Bland - January 25, 2022 (Twitter?@DanielBlandBiz)?GlobalFleet.com-FleetLatAm.com

As demand for e-commerce soars around the world, besides consumers ordering more online, they are expecting deliveries to arrive faster than ever before. This is not only leading to a multitude of challenges for delivery companies to keep up with demand, but to a dramatic increase in greenhouse gas emissions and congestion on our streets.?

Developed by the Global Innovation team of General Motors (GM) to address these challenges is?BrightDrop,?the electric vehicle (EV) delivery arm of the automotive giant which was launched?in early 2021.?

“FedEx Express, Walmart, Verizon and?Merchants Fleet?(Fortune 500 companies) are all slated to purchase our electric vehicles, totaling more than 25,000 EV production reservations. I think this signals the significant interest we are receiving and the momentum we have sustained in just our first year,” says Chief revenue officer Steve Hornyak (pictured).

In this brief interview with Mr. Hornyak, let’s get a better idea of what?is going on at Brightdrop and the EV mobility world.?

First of all, could you let us know what vehicles and services BrightDrop offers??

Hornyak:?More than just electrifying delivery vehicles, we are reimagining the entire last-mile ecosystem with a holistic set of solutions focused on helping fleets lower costs, maximize productivity, and improve safety. All while reducing harmful tailpipe emissions and street congestion.?

Our portfolio includes the EV600 and EV410 which are long-range, all-electric light commercial vehicles designed with city-deliveries in mind. We also have the EP1 which is an all-electric cart. Offering a new take on the age-old dolly and designed to transport goods over short distances (e.g. from delivery van to the front door), it is available now for field testing and operational deployment.

With a focus to improve the efficiency of operations with real-time data, insights, and controls, we also offer our cloud-based software platform.?See more here...