To help achieve zero emissions across its business, Amazon is partnering with Rivian, the Detroit-based startup, with plans to roll out new all-electric vans late next year. Amazon is expecting to take delivery of 100,000 vans by 2030.
Amazon said it worked with Rivian to come up with an ideal design based, in part, on the feedback it received from its thousands of delivery drivers. Among other things, that meant improvements to the interior layout, the new vans to feature three rows of shelving. There will be new safety features, including the sort of 360-degree surround view camera system found on more and more of today’s passenger
The decision to go electric complies with Amazon’s Climate Pledge project. It plans to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and has begun signing up other major companies to achieve that goal.
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