Amazon Has ‘Over a Thousand’ Rivian Electric Vans Already Making Deliveries

Amazon’s greenwashing efforts proceed as the huge on-line retailer’s relationship with electrical automobile producer Rivian hits its stride. Amazon introduced in a blog post right now that it already has over 1,000 electrical supply automobiles dropping off packages in dozens of cities throughout the U.S.

Amazon and Rivian first joined forces in 2019 when Amazon backed the EV startup with a massive investment. This July, a whole bunch of Amazon branded Rivian vans started rolling out (pun supposed) throughout the nation in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis. Now, 4 months later, Amazon claims that its electrical automobile pressure has topped 1,000 supply vans in over 100 U.S. cities.

“Fleet electrification is essential to reaching the world’s zero-emissions goal,” stated Jiten Behl in Amazon’s weblog submit. Behl is Rivian’s chief progress officer. “So, to see our ramp up in production supporting Amazon’s rollout in cities across the country is amazing. Not just for the environment, but also for our teams working hard to get tens of thousands of electric delivery vehicles on the road. They continue to be motivated by our combined mission and the great feedback about the vehicle’s performance and quality.”

For now, Amazon’s 1,000+ Rivian automobiles is only a fraction of their general on-the-ground supply pressure. According to The Verge, Amazon depends on 30,000 Amazon vans and 20,000 Amazon trailers to get no matter you’re shopping for to the doorstep. With that stated, Amazon did additional declare in its weblog submit that it’s hoping to extend its EV fleet to 100,000 automobiles by 2030, and that the corporate had already delivered 5 million packages utilizing EVs from Rivian since July. That’s truly not that a lot contemplating Amazon delivered 4.2 billion parcels in 2020 in keeping with Modern Retail, which is about 11 million day-after-day. I suppose even megacorporations need to take small steps.

Amazon shouldn’t be the one retail large that’s pivoting towards electrical supply automobiles. Earlier this yr, Walmart partnered with Canoo—an EV startup and Rivian rival—to convey 4,500 of the startup’s Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles to Walmart’s fleet starting in 2023. Walmart and Amazon’s quest to affect their supply efforts is all nicely and good, however fails to handle the foundation of their local weather influence, which is that everything of those corporations relies on extra consumption and maximalism.