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Amazon in UK’s largest-ever order of electric trucks

16 January 2025 #TNB News #Truck

Amazon is expanding zero-exhaust emission deliveries with the UK’s largest-ever order of electric trucks.

More than 140 new electric Mercedes-Benz Truck eActros 600 trucks and eight Volvo FM Battery Electric trucks are joining Amazon’s transportation network over the next 18 months as part of the UK’s largest-ever eHGV order.

Once fully operational, these new eHGVs are expected to transport more than 300 million packages each year with no exhaust emissions.

The new electric trucks will haul trailers with products and packages to and from fulfilment centres, sort centres and delivery stations to customer doorsteps.

About 20 of the Mercedes-Benz trucks will join Amazon’s transportation network following the company’s participation in the UK Government’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme (ZEHID), with a proportion funded by the Department for Transport and coordinated in partnership with Innovate UK.

Amazon has also added eight Volvo FM Battery Electric trucks as part of the programme.

In addition, Amazon will install additional fast charging infrastructure across key UK sites, including 360kW electric charging points capable of charging the 40-tonne Mercedes-Benz trucks from 20 to 80 per cent in just over an hour.

The new electric trucks will have a range of 310 miles on full charge.

These developments are part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040.

Nicola Fyfe, EU VP of Amazon Logistics said: “Decarbonising our transport network is key in helping us achieve our goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040 and today’s announcement is an exciting and major step forward for us in this mission.”

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