Amazon India has partnered with Mahindra Electric to add more electric vehicles to its fleet. The company has plans to add 10,000 units of electric vehicles by 2025. For the global scale of its operations, Amazon has vowed to bring in 100,000 electric vehicles by 2030.
Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises,
Government of India said, "The partnership between Amazon India and Mahindra Electric is a welcome step which reaffirms India's significant progress in the e-mobility industry and highlights the role of automakers and e-commerce companies to achieve our environmental sustainability goals."
Akhil Saxena, VP, Customer Fulfillment Operations, APAC, MENA & LATAM, Amazon said, "We are committed to building a supply chain that will minimize the environmental impact of our operations. The expansion of our Electric Vehicle fleet to 10,000 vehicles by 2025 is an integral milestone in our journey to become a sustainability leader in the industry."
For its Indian operations, Amazon will induct Mahindra Treo Zor electric tri-wheeler for its delivery fleet. Mahindra's battery powered e-rikshaw has already been deployed in seven cities so far including Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore and Lucknow with Amazon India's network of delivery partners.
