Friday 28 August 2020

Amazon orders 1,800 new electric delivery vehicles from Mercedes-Benz

Amazon is adding more than 1,800 electric vehicles (EVs) from Mercedes-Benz Vans to its European delivery fleet this year.

It notes Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners will have access to the new fleet, helping to avoid thousands of metric tonnes of carbon from being emitted into the atmosphere.

The EV order is the largest Mercedes-Benz has received to date and makes Amazon its largest sustainable transportation partner worldwide - the vehicles ordered include more than 1,200 large eSprinters and around 600 midsize eVitos.

Mercedes-Benz has also joined The Climate Pledge, through which signatories commit to becoming net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO, said: “We welcome the bold leadership demonstrated by Mercedes-Benz by signing up to The Climate Pledge and committing to ambitious action to address climate change. We need continued innovation and partnership from auto manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz to decarbonize the transportation sector and tackle the climate crisis.

"Amazon is adding 1,800 electric delivery vehicles from Mercedes-Benz as part of our journey to build the most sustainable transportation fleet in the world, and we will be moving fast to get these vans on the road this year.”