IAmazon iyalela iivenkile zombane ezili-1,800 zeMercedes-Benz zokuhanjiswa kweYurophu, Iindaba zeRetail, i-ET Retail

Amazon.com Inc yatsho ngolwesiHlanu ukuba iyalele i-1,800 iiveni zombane ku Mercedes-Benz kwizithuthi zayo zaseYurophu, njengenxalenye yezicwangciso zomthengisi wewebhu zokuqhuba ishishini lekhabhoni elingakhethi cala ngowama-2040.

Uninzi lweemoto zombane ezivela Daimler AGIcandelo leemoto kunye neeveni liza kusebenza kwezi nyanga zili-12, utshilo inkampani, kubandakanya nokuba iyalele i-1,200 yefashoni enkulu yakwa-Mercedes-Benz kunye ne-600 ye-eVitos midsize.

I-odolo yeyona ibalulekileyo kwiimoto zombane zakwaMercedes-Benz ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwaye iqulethe iivenkile ezingama-800 zaseJamani nezingama-500 e-UK.

Inciphile, nangona kunjalo, ngumyalelo wangoku weAmazon wee-100,000 zeveni zombane ezivela eRivian Automotive LLC, uqalo otyale imali kulo.

URhulumente oyiNtloko waseAmazon uJeff Bezos wathi kwisibhengezo indawo yokuhlala yaseDaimler yayiyinxalenye yoluhambo lomthengisi “lokwakha ezona zithuthi zothutho zizinzileyo emhlabeni.”

AbakwaMercedes-Benz ngolwe-Sihlanu bajoyine isiQinisekiso semozulu yaseKhaya, esiqale ngeenyanga ezili-12 zokugqibela zeAmazon, esithi abo batyikityayo mababe zii-web zero carbon kwiinkampani zabo ngowama-2040. Umenzi-zimoto uxele kwangaphambili ukuba wayejolise ekubeni nenqwelomoya engakhethi cala ngo-2039.

Kwi-2018, iAmazon yajika yaba ngowona mthengi mkhulu weemoto zakwaMercedes 'ezingezizo ezombane zeSprinter, ekhusela iimoto ezingama-20,000 XNUMX kwiikontraki zonikezelo.

"Ukudlulisela phambili, sibeka phambili ukongezwa kweemoto zombane," u-Ross Rachey, umlawuli we-Amazon wezithuthi zehlabathi kunye nokuthengiswa kwezinto kumboniso weemayile zokugqibela wacebisa iReuters.

Iifemu zonikezelo ezahlukeneyo zityhalela ezinye iiflothi zombane. NgoJanuwari Service Parcel Service Inc yatsho ukuba iyalela i-10,000 yezithuthi zonikezelo ezivela e-UK-based Arrival Ltd.

Iintshaba zikaDaimler ziyabandakanyeka ukongeza ekuziseni iivenkile zombane kwintengiso. IFord Motor Co icwangcisa imodeli yombane yeTransit van yayo eMntla Melika ngo-2022, kunye neenjongo zeSiseko Motors Co ukuqala kokwenza iveni yombane ngasekupheleni kuka-2021.