GM Will Replace Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana with EVs in 2026
Look for the full-size vans to ride on GM’s Ultium platform in similar fashion to the BrightDrop Zevo 600.
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Last of the big-box American-style cargo and passenger vans, the Chevrolet Express and its badge-engineered GMC Savana clone finally will be discontinued after the 2025 model year, with battery-electric vans replacing them in the 2026 model year, according to a competitive analysis source.
Unlike Ford's new E-Transit battery-electric full-size van, the Express/Savana replacements will be based on GM's EV-specific “skateboard” chassis and Ultium modular battery pack, and it could be similar in design to the all-electric BrightDrop Zevo 600 commercial fleet delivery van, though very likely quite smaller.
The Zevo 600 has cargo capacity of "more than 600 cubic feet," while the current Chevy Express/GMC Savana has capacity of 284.4 cubic feet for the long-wheelbase version.
BrightDrop delivered its first 150 Zevo delivery vans to FedEx last week. Unsexy as this part of the EV business is, it's huge, with perhaps the best potential to quickly get the automotive business out of carbon-spewing internal-combustion engines. FedEx plans to eventually have 2500 BrightDrop vans in its fleet, on the way to an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2040.
The lame-duck GM van twins—their tooling long ago paid off—fall short of Ford and Ram competitors based on much fresher European styling, though the strategy to go directly from 35-year-old designs to EVs might prove smartest. The Chevy/GMC's basic designs can be traced back to the 1971 model year, with an all-new model for 1997 and its last major update for 2003.
By comparison, the Ford Transit, with three roof height options, has cargo capacity of 246.7-542.2 cubic feet (excluding bare-chassis vans from any of these brands available with larger “cube” cargo boxes that cannot be accessed from the driver's seat).
The BrightDrop Zevo 600's range of 250 miles practically doubles the Ford E-Transit's top-range of 126 miles on low-roof versions. The Zevo 600 can be recharged at the rate of 170 miles an hour using a 120-kilowatt fast charger.
Ford has delivered some 2022 E-Transits and says the average commercial customer drives 74 miles per day. The 2023 model is now available for order, with cargo and cutaway chassis cabs available.
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Look for the full-size vans to ride on GM’s Ultium platform in similar fashion to the BrightDrop Zevo 600.
Last of the big-box American-style cargo and passenger vans, the Chevrolet Express and its badge-engineered GMC Savana clone finally will be discontinued after the 2025 model year, with battery-electric vans replacing them in the 2026 model year, according to a competitive analysis source.
Unlike Ford's new E-Transit battery-electric full-size van, the Express/Savana replacements will be based on GM's EV-specific “skateboard” chassis and Ultium modular battery pack, and it could be similar in design to the all-electric BrightDrop Zevo 600 commercial fleet delivery van, though very likely quite smaller.
The Zevo 600 has cargo capacity of "more than 600 cubic feet," while the current Chevy Express/GMC Savana has capacity of 284.4 cubic feet for the long-wheelbase version.
BrightDrop delivered its first 150 Zevo delivery vans to FedEx last week. Unsexy as this part of the EV business is, it's huge, with perhaps the best potential to quickly get the automotive business out of carbon-spewing internal-combustion engines. FedEx plans to eventually have 2500 BrightDrop vans in its fleet, on the way to an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2040.
The lame-duck GM van twins—their tooling long ago paid off—fall short of Ford and Ram competitors based on much fresher European styling, though the strategy to go directly from 35-year-old designs to EVs might prove smartest. The Chevy/GMC's basic designs can be traced back to the 1971 model year, with an all-new model for 1997 and its last major update for 2003.
By comparison, the Ford Transit, with three roof height options, has cargo capacity of 246.7-542.2 cubic feet (excluding bare-chassis vans from any of these brands available with larger “cube” cargo boxes that cannot be accessed from the driver's seat).
The BrightDrop Zevo 600's range of 250 miles practically doubles the Ford E-Transit's top-range of 126 miles on low-roof versions. The Zevo 600 can be recharged at the rate of 170 miles an hour using a 120-kilowatt fast charger.
Ford has delivered some 2022 E-Transits and says the average commercial customer drives 74 miles per day. The 2023 model is now available for order, with cargo and cutaway chassis cabs available.
More at Link
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