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Amazon Places its Largest-Ever Order of Battery-Electric Heavy Goods Vehicles

Staff Writer
- Jan 15 2025
Amazon Places its Largest Ever Order of Battery Electric Heavy Goods Vehicles

Amazon has placed its largest-ever order of more than 200 battery-electric heavy goods vehicles. It has selected the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600.

This makes it also the largest order for electric trucks in the history of Mercedes-Benz Trucks.

Over the next 18 months, the eActros 600 trucks will be deployed across high-mileage routes in Amazon’s middle-mile network in the UK and Germany transporting cargo containers to and from Amazon’s fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations.

Before placing the order, Amazon undertook testing of a prototype eActros 600 at one of its logistics centres in Germany.

More than 140 of the eActros 600 trucks will be deployed in the UK and are expected to transport more than 300 million packages each year with no exhaust emissions once fully operational.

Amazon intends to install additional fast charging infrastructure across its key UK sites, including 360kW electric charging points capable of charging the eActros 600 trucks from 20 to 80 per cent in just over an hour.

Karin Rådström, Chairwoman of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG, says: “We are very pleased that Amazon, a pioneer in the transformation towards alternative drives, has chosen the eActros 600, a gamechanger for sustainable transportation.” 

Andreas Marschner, Vice President of Worldwide Operations Sustainability at Amazon, adds: “The order of more than 200 eActros 600 underlines our commitment to being a leader in electrifying our transportation network in Europe. It is the biggest electric heavy truck order by Amazon to date anywhere in the world and is an important step as we work to achieve our Climate Pledge commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040.”

Amazon Places its Largest Ever Order of Battery Electric Heavy Goods Vehicles

The electric flagship from Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already proven its capabilities several times under real-life conditions.

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