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At the beginning of the year, one of the most promising electric car startups, Rivian, received a major boost in confidence and finance from online retail giant Amazon. Now, just a few months later, the investor managed to place Rivian at the top of the food chain in its segment.
To our knowledge, the 62,000 Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans commissioned back in 2018 by Waymo form the most significant order of electrified cars by a single buyer ever made anywhere in the world. For the full EV sector, that title goes to the Jaguar I-Pace, 20,000 of which were reserved by the same EV-hungry Waymo.
Or at least those were the champions until this week.
In a series of announcements made Thursday, Amazon top managers Jeff Bezos and Dave Clark said their company just placed "the largest order of electric delivery vehicles ever." That's 100,000 brand new EVs that should be on the routes starting 2021.
Until now, the only project Rivian openly talked about were the two EVs it is (still) planning to launch in the following years: the R1S SUV and the R1T pickup. And now, it seems, there's a van in the works.
The announcement was made by Bezos as Amazon entered a Climate Pledge and set a target to meet the provisions of the Paris Agreement 10 years in advance.
You know, that's the same Paris Agreement Donald Trump pulled out of for a variety of more or less valid reasons.
“We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this issue—we’ve decided to use our size and scale to make a difference,” said Jeff Bezos about his company's decision.
“If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon—which delivers more than 10 billion items a year—can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can."
You can have a look of what Bezos has to say about his Climate Pledge in the document attached below.
Or at least those were the champions until this week.
In a series of announcements made Thursday, Amazon top managers Jeff Bezos and Dave Clark said their company just placed "the largest order of electric delivery vehicles ever." That's 100,000 brand new EVs that should be on the routes starting 2021.
Until now, the only project Rivian openly talked about were the two EVs it is (still) planning to launch in the following years: the R1S SUV and the R1T pickup. And now, it seems, there's a van in the works.
The announcement was made by Bezos as Amazon entered a Climate Pledge and set a target to meet the provisions of the Paris Agreement 10 years in advance.
You know, that's the same Paris Agreement Donald Trump pulled out of for a variety of more or less valid reasons.
“We’re done being in the middle of the herd on this issue—we’ve decided to use our size and scale to make a difference,” said Jeff Bezos about his company's decision.
“If a company with as much physical infrastructure as Amazon—which delivers more than 10 billion items a year—can meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early, then any company can."
You can have a look of what Bezos has to say about his Climate Pledge in the document attached below.
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