Amazon orders 200 new electrical heavy vans from Daimler for Germany, UK

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Reuters

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January 14, 2025

Amazon stated on Tuesday it has ordered 200 Mercedes-Benz fully-electric eActros 600 heavy items autos from Daimler to serve the German and UK markets in its largest electrical truck order up to now.

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The e-commerce large stated the vans will begin becoming a member of its community later this yr and shall be deployed on “high-mileage routes” throughout Amazon’s middle-mile community between fulfilment centres, type centres and supply stations.

“This is a a major milestone for us,” Andreas Marschner, Amazon’s Vice President of Amazon Worldwide Operations Sustainability, informed Reuters. “Decarbonizing the heavy goods sector is the most challenging part of the transportation space.”

This order is a part of Amazon’s dedication to hit net-zero carbon emissions throughout its operations by 2040. Additionally it is the biggest electrical truck order but for the Mercedes-Benz Vans model, Daimler stated.

Other than a price ticket far above diesel truck equivalents, logistics corporations have struggled to seek out electrical vans which have sufficient vary to deal with demanding supply routes and the charging infrastructure to maintain them on the highway.

The 40-ton eActros 600 has a variety of 500 km (311 miles) that Marschner stated makes it adaptable to Amazon’s supply community.

However he added that Amazon is supporting the vans’ roll-out by constructing a 360 kilowatt quick charger community by itself websites, which may cost a truck from 20% to 80% in lower than an hour, “which is compatible also with legal driver breaks.”

He stated that efforts to spice up charging infrastructure within the European Union and the UK are nonetheless in early levels and Amazon is working with charging corporations and regulators to hurry up investments.

“The major transportation corridors in the UK and Germany are still very limited with public charging and high-capacity charging we would need for trucks,” Marschner stated. “This is a challenge these days as it reduces the ability to use these assets.”