Amazon deploys more than 20,000 electric delivery vans in U.S.
In the space of less than three years, Amazon has achieved more than 20% of its goal to have 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road in the U.S.
Amazon began rolling out Rivian electric delivery vans in the U.S. in the summer of 2022 and now has more than 20,000 making deliveries, with a commitment to having 100,000 on the road by 2030. In 2024, Amazon’s vans from Rivian delivered more than 1 billion packages to customers in the U.S.
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The Rivian investment, first announced in 2019, is part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge to be net zero carbon across its entire business by 2040.
Amazon has installed more than 24,000 chargers at more than 150 delivery stations across the U.S.
The company is also in the process of deploying a new proprietary AI-powered solution called Vision-Assisted Package Retrieval (VAPR) in 1,000 of its Rivian electric delivery vans by early 2025.
Amazon expands electric vehicles to Europe
The company has also brought the custom vans to Europe, joining a fleet of thousands of electric vans already in operation in Europe and more than 300 scheduled to be deployed in Germany.
In addition, Amazon plans to invest close to $1 billion over the next five years to further electrify and decarbonize its transportation network across Europe, part of the company’s work to deliver packages to customers more sustainably.
The investment is also intended to drive innovation across the industry and encourage more public charging infrastructure, which will help enable the broader transportation industry to more quickly reduce emissions.
Amazon’s custom electric vans are on the road making deliveries in thousands of cities across the country, including Alpharetta, Anaheim, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Lexington, Madison, Miami, Nashville, New York, Newark, Oakland, Omaha, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Provo, Rochester, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Seattle, Silver Spring, St. Louis, Tampa and Toledo.
In addition to ordering 100,000 custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian, Amazon has put more than 15 models of electric vehicles on the road, including delivery vehicles, e-cargo bikes and e-rickshaws, to test across the U.S., the European Union and India.
