Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over the first 27 battery-electric eActros 600 trucks to Amazon, for use within its German road transport network.
More than 50 of the trucks are expected to be operating in the country by the end of 2026.
The vehicles form part of an order for more than 200 eActros 600 trucks agreed between Amazon and Mercedes-Benz Trucks in early 2025. Most of the vehicles are being deployed in the UK.
According to Amazon, the trucks will be used on middle-mile routes, transporting goods between fulfilment centres and urban areas.
Andreas Marschner, vice president of worldwide sustainable operations at Amazon, said: “The handover of these vehicles is a milestone for the electrification of our transportation network. Electric solutions have already been widely used for some time in last-mile package delivery to customers.
“With the high-performance electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz Trucks, we can now make even longer transport routes between fulfilment centers and urban areas more sustainable.”
Amazon is also installing hundreds of HGV chargers across its European sites, which it said will enable the electric trucks to charge from 10% to 80% in just over one hour.
In total, Amazon is investing more than €1bn in the electrification and decarbonisation of its European transport network, including more than €400m in Germany.
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