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Amazon Begins Testing Electric Delivery Vans in Los Angeles

by Idonosan Debe
February 3, 2021
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Amazon is testing some of the electric delivery vans that it developed with Rivian Automotive on routes in Los Angeles, the companies announced today.

In September 2019, Amazon announced it would purchase 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian as part of its aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040. Amazon started a fund, and invested in Rivian through it, as part of this pledge.

The e-commerce titans debuted one version of their delivery vans in October last year. Now, Amazon says it will test the custom electric vehicles in as many as 16 different cities in 2021.

In a statement sent to CNBC, Ross Rachey, director of Amazon’s global fleet and products, said the electrification effort is a point of pride for the company. It has required Amazon to install thousands of electric vehicle chargers and change up the electrical design and layout of delivery facilities in North America and Europe.

A driver recharges an Amazon electric delivery van from Rivian.

The company built the test fleet vehicles for Amazon at its headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan. Each van can drive up to 150 miles on a single charge, the companies said.

The vehicles are still in a test phase, and their design and features could be tweaked ahead of the start of production, which Rivian aims for by the end of 2021.

Rivian is also expected to be among the first companies to bring an all-electric pickup to market later this year.

While it is still privately held, Rivian is shaping up to be a serious challenger to Tesla, and has raised about $8 billion since 2019. 

Light-duty trucks including delivery vans are expected to be in demand in the U.S. in coming years, and not just by Amazon. That’s in part because President Biden, through his Buy America plan, has committed to replace the federal government’s fleet of internal combustion engine vehicles with cleaner, quieter electrics.

According to data from the General Services Agency, that federal fleet includes more than 400,000 trucks, many of them for use by the U.S. postal service. Daimler, GM, Lion Electric and others are developing, and in some cases already selling, battery electric light-duty trucks and vans.

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