Amazon’s renewable energy portfolio swells to over 20 GW, enough to power 5.2M homes
Amazon increased its renewable energy capacity by 8.3 GW in 2022, bringing its total portfolio to over 20 GW, enough to power millions of US homes.
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The holiday season is quickly approaching, and you know what that means – Amazon’s delivery fleet will be out in full force. However, this year may look a little … cleaner, as the e-commerce giant says over 1,000 Rivian electric delivery vans (EDVs) are set to make their first holiday-season appearance.
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Amazon announced that it will spend €1 billion to electrify its delivery fleet in Europe over the next five years, according to Reuters.
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Amazon is ordering 20 electric trucks from Volvo as part of its electrification effort for its large delivery and supply chain fleet.
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E-commerce giant Amazon has found a simple solution to replace thousands of its van deliveries: smaller electric cargo bikes and good old-fashioned walking.
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Vehicle manufacturers are ramping up electric vehicle production, so big companies like Amazon, AT&T, and IKEA are telling vehicle manufacturers what kinds of EVs they want. Here’s the “blueprint” that members of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance are today presenting to makers like Volvo, GM, and Daimler explaining which EVs they want to purchase in the United States over the next five years.
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The Denver metro area of Colorado is the next major city to see Amazon packages delivered by Rivian electric vans. The vans were spotted this past week across Denver and its surrounding cities, such as Boulder and Aurora. The capital of Colorado remains one of 16 cities currently planned for a rollout of Rivian vans by Amazon.
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E-commerce giant Amazon is now testing its custom-made Rivian electric vans in San Francisco. It’s now the second city where Amazon is using its Rivian vans, behind Los Angeles.
Amazon chose San Francisco as its No. 2 city because it wanted to put its e-vans to the test on the city’s steep hills and in its variable climate.
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- The Bezos Earth Fund’s new CEO Andrew Steer says it will spend its $10 billion by 2030, but he hasn’t yet provided a road map.
- EV charging industry association ChargeUp Europe gains its 13th member, Portugal’s Power Dot.
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Amazon officially starts using Rivian electric van to make customer deliveries
Amazon has officially started using the first Rivian electric vans to make customer deliveries in Los Angeles.
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Amazon is unveiling today its electric delivery van made by Rivian, and we get to see its cool interior for the first time.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla co-founder JB Straubel receives backing from Amazon for battery material recycling venture
Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has received backing from Amazon for his battery material recycling venture: Redwood Materials.
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Amazon has made several electric vehicle orders lately to build a fleet of electric delivery vehicles, and today, it is adding trucks from Lion Electric to the list.
Expand Expanding CloseAmazon orders over 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz
Amazon has placed an order of 1,800 electric vans with Mercedes-Benz, adding to the 100,000 electric delivery vans it has on order with Rivian.
Expand Expanding CloseAmazon Announces $2 Billion Climate Pledge Fund to invest in green energy
Online retail giant Amazon has announced a $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund, a venture capital fund, in order to support green energy developments to fight climate change.
Closer look at Rivian’s electric delivery van for Amazon
Amazon released a closer look at its upcoming new electric delivery van built by Rivian, who is supposed to produce 100,000 of them.
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Watch Rivian open frunk of electric pickup truck through Alexa voice command
Rivian and Amazon are finding more ways to collaborate with the R1T electric pickup having Alexa support, as demonstrated at an Amazon event today.
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Amazon announces three new wind farms as report questions company’s clean energy commitment
Amazon announced three new wind farms on Monday as part of its long-term commitment to 100 percent renewable energy throughout its global infrastructure. But a separate report the same day questions that commitment, while probing the e-commerce giant’s connection to Big Oil.
Kia becomes latest automaker to partner with Amazon for electric car charging stations
Kia announced that it is partnering with Amazon to sell and install electric car charging stations — becoming the second automaker to get onboard with the online retail giant becoming a charging station hub.
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Electric pickup truck startup Rivian confirms $700 million round of funding led by Amazon
After rumors earlier this week that GM and Amazon were interested in Rivian, an electric pickup and SUV maker, the company has now confirmed that they are closing a $700 million round of funding led by Amazon.
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Tesla is working with Amazon to deploy more energy storage at distribution centers
Amazon is turning to Tesla in order to deploy energy storage capacity at their distribution centers.
After a deal to add Tesla Powerpacks to a UK facility earlier this year, now Amazon is working with Tesla again at another distribution center.
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Amazon is going to sell electric car chargers with installation as a turn-key solution
Amazon sells pretty much everything and it already sells electric car home chargers, but now the company also wants to get involved in the installation process with a full “turn-key” solution – starting with the Audi e-tron quattro.
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Amazon is buying a fleet of all-electric vans from Mercedes-Benz
Logistics companies from around the world are starting to look at electric powertrains for their delivery vehicles in order to reduce costs.
Now Amazon is getting on board with a fleet of all-electric vans from Mercedes-Benz.
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos inaugurates an impressive new wind farm
Jeff Bezos atop a wind farm breaking it in with a bottle of bubbly is pretty intense. Amazon’s founder made his way up one of more than 100 new wind turbines in Texas celebrating a major renewable energy project coming online.
The 253-megawatt “Amazon Wind Farm Texas” in Scurry County is part Amazon’s long-term goal to reach 100% renewable energy. As of the end of 2016, the company was beyond 40% – and expects to break 50% before the end of 2017.