Amazon starts to deploy EVs in Central Florida
In Florida, WFTV reported that Amazon started to deploy its first fleet of electric delivery vehicles in Central Florida. According to the report, dozens of the EVs were lined up at Amazon’s delivery station in Groveland, the first location in Florida to roll out the new EVs “Groveland is a bit of a unique territory as it has rural and urban areas so this was also a good test for Amazon to see how the vehicles would perform in different environments,” said Amazon operations manager Bill Carter. Carter said the Groveland delivery station currently has 80 electric vehicles. “On a larger scale, we’ve got 3,000 of these vehicles on the road in the United States today. We just happen to be the first in Florida,” Carter said. Amazon pledged to achieve net-zero carbon by 2040, and commit to 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, the report added.
