Walmart adds Chevrolet BrightDrop Added 400 electric vans to the US home delivery fleet.

The vans will be deployed in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, northwest Arkansas, Orlando and the San Francisco Bay Area before the end of the year, General Motors said in a news release. They will be used for Walmart’s InHome servicewhich delivers groceries from stores to nearby customers’ homes.

Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 electric van in Walmart livery

GM and Walmart initially ran a pilot program with the vans, which received positive reviews from employees for their driver aids, automated features such as auto-closing doors and ease of entry and exit, the release said.

The 400 is the shorter wheelbase option, but a long wheelbase BrightDrop 600 van is also available. GM estimates 159 miles range with the standard battery pack and 430 km with a larger optional package. The vans use the same component set, until recently branded Ultium, as GM’s current generation of electric passenger cars.

2025 Chevrolet BrightDrop 600

GM launched BrightDrop as a separate brand in January 2021, but folded it into Chevrolet in August this year. Production is still assigned to GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, which has been building BrightDrop vans since late 2021. Previous clients include FedEx and the Ryder rental fleet.

Walmart has long shown interest in electric vehicles. In 2022, the retail chain placed a larger order Canoe for 4,500 electric vans, effectively reviving the struggling startup, at least for a short period. Some Walmart stores also host Electrify American charging stationsand the company announced its own EV charging network in 2023.