Amazon orders over 200 Mercedes-Benz electric trucks

Amazon has made its largest-ever purchase of electric heavy goods vehicles, ordering more than 200 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks, also marking the biggest e-truck contract for Mercedes-Benz to date.

The eActros 600 will join Amazon’s transportation network from 2025. The battery-electric trucks are expected to deliver over 350 million packages annually across long-distance routes in Germany and the UK.

Daimler Truck AG chief executive Karin Rådström welcomed the partnership, saying: “We are very pleased that Amazon, a pioneer in the transformation towards alternative drives, has chosen the eActros 600, a gamechanger for sustainable transportation.”

The deal follows successful trials of the eActros 600 prototype at one of Amazon’s logistics centres in Germany. The order includes over 140 trucks for the UK and more than 50 for Germany.

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