Amazon renews its truck fleet in Europe with more than 200 units of the eActros 600 from Mercedes-Benz

Amazon’s commitment to electric mobility in road freight transport is beyond doubt, after the e-commerce giant announced a massive order of more than 200 eActros 600 electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz. These trucks, with a fully electric drivetrain, will be used by the company for logistics tasks in both the United Kingdom and Germany this year.

Mercedes-Benz is not, however, the only electric truck manufacturer to have received a major order, as Amazon has also purchased a good number of Volvo trucks with this same drivetrain in the United Kingdom.

The purchase of these trucks will also be accompanied by a significant investment in improving the company’s charging infrastructure. Amazon plans to install 360 kW charging points in key locations, with which it will be possible to recharge the batteries of these 40-tonne trucks from 20 to 80 percent in just over an hour. For the time being, however, it has not been disclosed where these charging points will be located or how many there will be.

Amazon’s fleet of electric vehicles in Europe is growing continuously

This order of more than 200 eActros 600s from Mercedes-Benz is the largest the company has placed to date. Once they begin operating, they are expected to transport more than 350 million parcels a year between Amazon’s logistics centres in Europe. Of those 200 eActros 600s, 140 will join the company’s fleet in the United Kingdom over the next 18 months, along with eight new Volvo electric trucks, while the other 60 will be deployed in Germany. In that central European country, the e-commerce giant also has at least 600 electric delivery vans produced by Rivian.

Amazon has committed to investing more than one billion euros in the electrification and decarbonisation of its transport network in Europe, with more than 400 million earmarked for Germany. The company’s goal is to increase the number of electric trucks in the coming years from 38 to more than 1,500 across European territory, with more than 500 of them operating in Germany. The e-commerce giant also plans to have a fleet of around 10,000 electric delivery vans in Europe, although no specific date has been set for reaching this target.