Meal-Kit Hellofresh has added 70 electric Vans Rivian to its fleet, the first big customer to buy commercial EVs since the automotive industry finished its exclusive deal with Amazon.
The 70 electric commercial trucks represent almost a quarter of the Hellofresh fleet, which has already helped the company save about 20,000 gallons of gasoline, According to a blog post The company published Wednesday. Hellofresh said the turn to electricity has reduced its CO2 Delivery of 200 tonnes.
Rivian, who produces and sells two truck sizes, wanted to differentiate its customer base since the Amazon exclusivity agreement was terminated in November 2023. But the car industry did not officially open its commercial business to other companies by 2025.
Rivian has been identified by many Tests with potential fleet customers. However, Hellofresh is the first to publicly declare a customer and incorporates the trucks into a fleet.
As Rivian works to add more commercial customers, he still produces trucks for Amazon. Rivian began to produce the merchant trucks in 2021, two years after Amazon’s announcement that it had ordered 100,000 vehicles as part of an effort to reduce the climate impact. Amazon had already invested deep in Rivian when it hit the commercial truck exclusivity agreement. Just seven months ago, the e -commerce giant led a round of $ 700 million to Rivian.
Since February, Amazon has had 20,000 merchant trucks produced by Rivian in his fleet.
