Amazon to Inject Nearly $1B into Electrifying European Fleet
Amazon announced on Monday that it had allocated $972 million for electrifying its vehicle fleet in Europe. This investment is set to grow the EV fleet of the online retailer from the current 3,000 vehicles to a minimum of 10,000 by 2025. Besides the 3,000 delivery vans already runs, the company also has 1,500 long-haul trucks running on li-ion batteries. Amazon is taking these steps in order for all its operations to be carbon-neutral by 20240. While speaking at the launch of the electrification program, CEO Andy Jassy revealed that the hardest job the company faced was in taking its…