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Amazon will multiply its fleet of electric cars for deliveries in Europe

Amazon to multiply its fleet of electric cars for deliveries in Europe Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

The American Giant amazon expects to “more than double” its fleet of electric vehicles for deliveries in Europe, with an investment of more than “one billion euros” over five years, the company announced on Monday.

With this he hopes to achieve “the decarbonisation of its transport network in Europe”.

Amazon says it is already using “several thousand zero-emission vehicles in its European operations,” including five electric trucks in the UK and 20 in Germany by the end of the year.

“Within the framework of the investment announced today (Monday), Amazon plans to buy and develop more than 1,500 electric trucks in its European fleet, including more than 300 in France in the coming years,” the company said in a statement.

The company plans to buy and develop more than 1,500 trucks that do not use fossil fuels REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo
The company plans to buy and develop more than 1,500 trucks that do not use fossil fuels REUTERS/Jim Vondruska/File Photo

On a smaller scale, the company intends increase your fleet of electric vans from “more than 3,000” today to “more than 10,000 in 2025”.

In addition, Amazon plans to develop what it calls “micro-mobility hubs,” meaning depots smaller than suburban warehouses from which you can make deliveries in city centers on foot or by cargo bike.

These centers already exist in more than 20 European cities and will be present in “twice as many municipalities by the end of 2025″.

“Our transportation network is one of the most difficult parts of our business to decarbonize,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was quoted as saying in the statement.

The use of electric vehicles should help the company to “Depend less on traditional fossil fuels” and to “further push the transport and car manufacturing industries in Europe and around the world to redouble efforts and continue to innovate” to combat global warming.

Amazon has set a goal of having “net zero CO2 emissions by 2040, ten years ahead of the Paris Agreement goal.”

HOME ROBOTS

In order to offer a more sustainable and efficient service, amazon In 2019, it started a project to distribute its products through a home robot that moved through the streets and went to the address of each person. A plan that came to an end.

Amazon paused the project of this robot to deliver packages in the United States
Amazon paused the project of this robot to deliver packages in the United States

The completion of these tests does not mean that it will go to another phase, but rather that the company paused the implementation because it found flaws in the process and will reduce the staff that is working on it.

“During our limited field tests for Scout, we have worked to create a unique cast experience, but have learned from feedback that there were aspects of the program that did not meet customer requirements,” said a spokesperson for Scout. amazon a The Registrar.

This does not mean that the company is going to close the project and forget about Scout, as the robot was called, but rather that the team of 400 employees who were focused on it, will now be a smaller group that will find a way to turn it into a Best service.

(With information from AFP)

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