Amazon says it is delivering packages with Rivian electric vans in push for net-zero carbon emission

Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) on Thursday said the e-commerce giant has begun using some of the custom electric delivery vans that it developed with Rivian Automotive Inc (NASDAQ: RIVN).

In September 2019, Amazon founder and then-CEO Jeff Bezos announced that the company had purchased 100,000 vans from the EV startup as part of its ambitious push to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040.

The e-commerce giant introduced a version of the van in October 2020 and then tested the vehicles in a number of cities throughout the last year.

Amazon says it will use the EVs to make deliveries in some US cities, including Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Tennessee, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle and St. Louis, among others.