initiative across the country
The fleet of 10,000 EVs have been designed and manufactured by OEMs in India
The initiative is part of the company’s commitment to the Climate Pledge
India, 2020–Amazon India today announced that its fleet of delivery vehicles in the countrywill
include 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025. This commitment comes after successful pilots across
different cities in 2019; learnings from which have helped the company create scalable and long
term EV variants to build this large fleet. These EVs are in addition to the global commitment of
100,000 electric vehicles in the delivery fleet by 2030 announced in the Climate Pledge signed by
Amazon.
With the introduction of electric vehicles, Amazon India aims to reduce carbon emissions and
environmental impact of delivery operations.The fleet of 10,000 EVs will include 3-wheeler and 4-
wheelervehicles which have been designed and manufactured in India. In 2020, these vehicles will
operate in over 20 cities of India- Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur and
Coimbatore to name a few, and this number will continue to grow.
Amazon India has been working with several Indian OEMs to build a fleet of vehicles that ensure
sustainable and safe deliveries of customer orders. Significant progress in the Indian e-mobility
industry in the last few years has led to advanced technology, and superior motor and battery
components. In addition, the government’s focus to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in
the country, and steps towards setting up of charging infrastructure with the FAME 2 policy has
helped the company accelerate and chart its vision for EVsin India.
Akhil Saxena, Vice President, Customer Fulfillment - APAC & Emerging Markets, Amazon, said, “At
Amazon India, we are committed to building a supply chain that will minimize the environmental
impact of our operations. The expansion of our Electric Vehicle fleet to 10,000 vehicles by 2025 is an
integral milestone in our journey to become an energy efficient leader in the industry. We will
continue to invest in the electrification of our delivery fleet, thereby reducing our dependence on non-
renewable resources.”
The launch of EVs is another step towards the overall sustainability commitment at Amazon India. In
September 2019, the company announced its plan to eliminate single-use plastic in its packaging
from Amazon India’s Fulfilment Centers by June 2020, among other initiatives to reduce packaging
waste. Amazon India has also invested in energy conservation and solar power generation in its
Fulfilment Centers and Sort centers, with advanced building energy management systems, and
water conservation methods to make operations more sustainable.
In September 2019, Amazon became the first signatory of the Climate Pledge, which states that the
company will be net zero carbon by 2040 across its businesses – a decade ahead of the Paris
Accord’s goal of 2050. By joining The Climate Pledge and agreeing to decarbonize on a faster time
horizon, signatories will play a critical role in stimulating investment in the development of low
carbon products and services that will be required to help companies meet the pledge.As part of the
pledge, globally, Amazon announced its plans to introduce 10,000 of EVs into its delivery fleet in
2022 and 100,000 vehicles by 2030 – saving 4 million metric tons of carbon per year by 2030.
Amazon India Commits To 10,000 Electric Vehicles In Its Delivery Fleet By 2025
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