San Francisco, United States.
The new all-electric vans from Amazon, Manufactured by the startup Rivian, began this Thursday to make package deliveries in the area of the San Francisco Bay (California, USA), the second city in which they come into operation.
“This is the second of 16 cities in which we will have vans in circulation this year,” the company said in its Twitter account, After in February these electric vehicles began making deals in Los Angeles.
The firm led by Jeff Bezos unveiled the vans last October and announced that it intends to have 10,000 of them deployed for deliveries by 2022 and have 100,000 in circulation by 2030.
Amazon framed the commitment to electric vans in its climate commitment to be a zero-carbon footprint company by 2040, and explained that it considers them “the future of last-mile delivery“That is, the part that goes from supply center to customer home.
outdoor cameras
the electric vans they have exterior cameras to offer the driver a 360-degree view of the exterior of the vehicle and integration of the Alexa Virtual Assistant to access traffic and weather information.
In 2019, Bezos announced the commitment made by the internet sales giant to use 100% of renewable energy in its global infrastructure by 2030, as well as the purchase of 100,000 electric vehicles.
According to company data, currently 40% of the energy consumed for its facilities comes from renewable sources, and the goal is to go to 80% in 2024 and 100% in 2030.
One of the proposed actions, he explained Bezos, Is to increase the speed of services.