Amazon says it has ‘over a thousand’ Rivian electric vans making deliveries in the US
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The deadline to deliver 100,000 electric vans has been pushed to 2030. Amazon's fleet of Rivian-made electric delivery vans is growing. Since first rolling out earlier this year, the retail giant's new zero-tailpipe emission vehicles have made more than 5 million deliveries in the US, with its fleet-size exceeding 1,000 EDVs (electric delivery vans).
That's still only a fraction of the company's overall transportation fleet, which is comprised 30,000 Amazon-branded delivery vehicles and 20,000 branded trailers. But the electric-portion is growing, with Rivian eventually expecting to deliver 100,000 vans to the company.
That's still only a fraction of the company's overall transportation fleet
Starting in July, the EDVs first rolled out in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, San Diego, and Seattle....