By Nick Carey
(Reuters) – Amazon (NASDAQ:) said on Tuesday it has ordered 200 Mercedes-Benz (OTC:) fully-electric eActros 600 heavy goods vehicles from Daimler to serve the German and UK markets in its largest electric truck order so far.
The e-commerce giant said the trucks will start joining its network later this year and will be deployed on “high-mileage routes” across Amazon’s middle-mile network between fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations.
“This is a a major milestone for us,” Andreas Marschner, Amazon’s Vice President of Amazon Worldwide Operations Sustainability, told Reuters. “Decarbonizing the heavy goods sector is the most challenging part of the transportation space.”
This order is part of Amazon’s commitment to hit net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040. It is also the largest electric truck order yet for the Mercedes-Benz Trucks brand, Daimler said.
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