Amazon gets ready for Christmas time deliveries by enhancing its electric van fleet in the U.S.

Amazon’s new electric vans will be making deliveries in over 100 U.S. cities this holiday season. In a post published by the company itself, Amazon took stock of its collaboration with e-van manufacturer Rivian, with hundreds of vehicles rolled out this summer in more than a dozen cities. Since then, Amazon has further expanded its fleet and now has more than 1,000 electric delivery vehicles making deliveries in more than 100 cities across the U.S.

Amazon and Rivian: the collaboration on electric vans

“We’re always excited for the holiday season, but making deliveries to customers across the country with our new zero-emission vehicles for the first time makes this year unique,” said Udit Madan, vice president of Amazon Transportation. “We’ve already delivered over 5 million packages with our vehicles produced by Rivian, and this is still just the beginning—that figure will grow exponentially as we continue to make progress toward our 100,000-vehicle goal.”

“Fleet electrification is essential to reaching the world’s zero-emissions goal,” added Jiten Behl, chief growth officer at Rivian. “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.”

Amazon has recently announced plans to invest more than €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.