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GM’s Foray into the E-Commerce Surge

As e-commerce is experiencing massive growth, the logistics services side is struggling to keep up with demand.

GM (the American car manufacturer), has launched a new division, named BrightDrop [via Morning Brew].

This new division supplies electric vehicles in the B2B space.

The vehicles are tied to a software platform as well enabling easy fleet management, location tracking and more.

BrightDrop’s first major client happens to be Fedex and will test out five hundred vehicles.

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