Rivian to Expand Amazon Electric Van Deliveries to EU in Germany
07/04/2023 12:18
Rivian Automotive Inc. will expand deliveries of a battery-electric van it makes for Amazon.Com Inc. to Europe. It will be the EV maker’s first commercial shipments outside the US.
A Rivian electric van outside the Amazon Logistics warehouse in Chicago.
Photographer: Jamie Kelter Davis/BloombergRivian Automotive Inc. will expand deliveries of a battery-electric van it makes for Amazon.Com Inc. to Europe. It will be the EV maker’s first commercial shipments outside the US.
The company will roll out more than 300 plug-in delivery vans in the coming weeks across German cities, including Munich, Berlin and Dusseldorf, Rivian said in a statement Monday. Amazon, Rivian’s largest shareholder and biggest customer, has an order for 100,000 vans to be delivered by the end of the decade.