Amazon orders 100,000 electric vans from Rivian

Amazon orders 100,000 electric vans from Rivian, the US startup in which the online retailer had already invested heavily in February. The announcement of the van purchase is part of Amazon’s now published climate protection plan.

In this plan, the e-commerce giant commits itself to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030 and to operating completely CO2-neutral by 2040.

As far as electric transporters are concerned, Amazon wants to use the first Rivian Automotive vehicles from 2021 for deliveries. By 2022 Amazon promises to have 10,000 of the electric vans in use before integrating all 100,000 transpor