The vehicles, which will replace five traditional, diesel-powered trucks, will operate from Amazon’s fulfilment centres in Tilbury and Milton Keynes.
Amazon estimates that the vehicles will travel around 100,000 miles annually, which will prevent 170 tonnes of CO2e from being emitted in comparison to their traditional trucks.
The online retailer plans to incorporate a total of nine electric HGVs into its fleet by the end of 2022, joining more than 1,000 electric delivery vans currently on the road in the UK.
In 2019, the firm’s CEO Jeff Bezos said that Amazon was aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 following a letter earlier in the year from more than 7,600 employees urging him to introduce a comprehensive climate change mitigation plan.
The electric HGVs will be Amazon’s first in the UK and Europe and form part of its 'Shipment Zero' plan to deliver 50 per cent of shipments with net-zero carbon by 2030. The plan goes beyond just transportation...