News / Amazon goes large with electric trucks order to aid UK decarbonisation

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Amazon has placed the largest order for electric trucks seen in the UK, and has also committed to deliver parcels by rail, “at scale”.  

The ecommerce giant announced the order for 140 electric Mercedes-Benz and eight Volvo FM battery electric trucks today.

Around 20 of the Mercedes trucks have been funded by the UK Department for Transport and coordinated in partnership with Innovate UK, following Amazon’s participation in the government’s Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme (ZEHID). 

The vehicles will join ...