Amazon's new custom Rivian electric delivery vans are hitting the road
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Amazon’s new custom Rivian electric delivery vans are hitting the road
It’s the first step in the company’s plan to have a fleet of 100,000 electric vans by 2030.
A little less than three years after Amazon announced that was ordering 100,000 custom electric delivery vans from the startup Rivian, hundreds of the EVs are starting to roll out in cities from Nashville to Seattle. By the end of the year, the company expects to have thousands of the vans in more than 100 cities. The full 100,000 will be in use by the end of the decade.
[Photo: Amazon]The Rivian EV, designed from scratch with continual testing and feedback from drivers, also aims to be a better delivery vehicle. A massive windshield and side windows give the driver a better view of pedestrians, and sensors and automatic braking and collision warnings also help prevent crashes. Routing and navigation is built into the vehicle. Doors automatically unlock and lock as the driver approaches or leaves. The new vans will first be used in a dozen cities in the U.S., including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis.
[Photo: Amazon]The company is working with other partners on more than a dozen different electric vehicles globally, including electric three-wheelers from the Indian manufacturer Mahindra. The company declined to share how many delivery vans it expects to use by 2030, but the 100,000 van order from Rivian is only the beginning. “We’re going to need far more electric vehicles,” says Madan.
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