Amazon Announces Its Own Electric Delivery Vehicles Developed Together With Rivian

The future seems to be in the Power Plants and the leading company in this field is Tesla. But the company has come up with a great competitor such as Amazon, who has worked with Rivian in the creation of an electric vehicle for transportation. Amazon would have collaborated with Rivian to develop a van to have a transport fleet that does not emit pollution.

Over the last decade the number of packages being distributed around the world has only grown. Vans and other transportation vehicles are based on fossil fuels that cause global warming. Amazon has a commitment to reverse it and for this they have acquired 100.000 vans that will start operating in 2021.

Amazon acquires 100.000 electric vehicles for transportation

The American company has become the largest receiver and distributor of parcels in the world. Amazon is aware of global warming and that is why they want to comply with the Paris Agreement, achieving net carbon emissions in 2040.

We are trying to build the most sustainable transport fleet in the world. It also has to be the most functional, the highest performing, and the safest.

Ross Rachey, Director of Fleet and Global Products, Amazon

To achieve this, Rivian and the Amazon Transportation Team have collaborated for a year and a half to develop an electric vehicle. Rachey, project manager, saw that the best way to reduce the carbon footprint was to create a bespoke electric vehicle. The fruit is an electric van with a particular design and its own color palette.

These electric vehicles will serve to minimize carbon emissions. It has also sought to improve the safety standard for the driver and optimize technology and designs for a better experience. In addition, these vehicles will be manufactured at the former Mitsubishi plant in Illinois, USA. They emphasize that their production will last three years and will support different battery formats, optimized according to the routes.

Adapt to current needs

The company has highlighted that the current distributed have influenced the design of these vehicles, where functionality prevails. In addition, a seat as comfortable as possible has been sought, as well as getting in and out of the vehicle with ease or simplifying loading and unloading.

As explained from Amazon, Rivian has developed a large number of shapes for this van on paper. The design seeks to offer smooth contours that were first created on life-size clay, for more flexibility in creation. They also created an adjoining room where real drivers through virtual reality had the experience of driving these new vehicles.

They have been developed to include advanced features and pioneering technologies in the field of security. Automatic emergency braking, improved front-wheel drive and lane-keeping assist technologies, pedestrian detection, traffic sign recognition, and even a system that detects distractions and alerts the driver to refocus on driving have been included. driving.

Own technologies developed by Amazon

It seeks to offer a smooth and highly secure delivery experience for the workers who deliver the packages. Digital tools and a data visualization screen have been included that integrates Amazon fulfillment management. A parcel delivery and routing technology has also been implemented to make it more efficient.

Through these innovations they have eliminated the need for additional systems for directions and maps. It has Amazon Alexa integration to facilitate requesting help using voice commands. It allows the driver to manage the work without having to type on the screen.