Amazon to up electric fleet by thousands across UK and continent
by Sarah Butler from Technology | The Guardian on (#64J4D)
The investment in vehicles includes the installation of fast charging points and micromobility hubs'
Amazon is investing more than 1bn (880m) to add thousands more electric lorries, vans and cargo bikes to its sprawling fleet of delivery vehicles across Europe over the next five years.
The online retailer said it would invest 300m in the UK, where it plans to have as many as 700 electric HGVs by 2025, up from just five today, and more than triple its fleet of electric vans to 10,000 across the continent.
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