Amazon orders 200 e-lorries
The latest move from the US multinational technology company is the largest-ever order for battery-electric heavy goods vehicles from Amazon, and is also the largest order for electric trucks in the history of Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
The eActros 600 vehicles, which will be deployed in Germany and the UK, will join Amazon’s transport network in the course of this year. The e-truck will run on high-mileage routes that make up Amazon’s ‘middle-mile network’, transporting cargo to and from fulfilment, sorting and delivery centres.
More than 140 trucks will be deployed in the UK and more than 50 in Germany. The zero-emission vehicles are expected to transport more than 350 million packages with zero-exhaust emissions each year.
The order follows practical tests of a near-series prototype of the eActros 600 in one of Amazon’s logistics centres in Germany.