Amazon recently announced that it is adding more than 1,800 electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz Vans to its delivery fleet across Europe this year. Both Amazon and Mercedes-Benz share a strong commitment to reduce emissions within the transportation sector, and Mercedes-Benz also announced it has joined The Climate Pledge, which calls on signatories to be net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement goal of 2050.
Amazon’s Delivery Service Partners will have use of the new fleet of zero-emission vehicles to make deliveries to customers in Europe this year, which will reduce emissions and save thousands of metric tons of carbon. This is the largest order of electric vehicles for Mercedes-Benz to date, and makes Amazon its largest sustainable transportation partner worldwide. More than 1,200 EVs in the order will be comprised of the newest electric commercial van available at Mercedes-Benz – the eSprinter, a larger model than the manufacturer’s first zero-emission vehicle, the eVito. The eSprinter includes state-of-the-art safety features including, electrical parking brake, active brake assist, reverse camera, blind spot assist, and more. The remaining 600 vehicles will be comprised of the manufacturer’s midsize electric van, the eVito, to give Delivery Service Partners operating in geographies that require a smaller-format vehicle access to a zero-emissions delivery option. Read the full Press Release here.