AI tech shift leading to remarkable transformation: Worldwide Amazon Stores CEOSpeaking at the 'Delivering the Future 2024' event where Amazon announced a major AI push into multiple areas of ecommerce for the US marke...
09 Oct, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
EV maker Rivian halts production of Amazon delivery vans amid parts shortage, shares down 5%Rivian suspended the production of its commercial delivery vans due to parts shortages, impacting their output for Amazon. A spokesperson i...
16 Aug, 2024, 10.22 PM IST
How Amazon became the largest private EV charging operator in the USIn a little more than two years, Amazon has installed more than 17,000 chargers at about 120 warehouses around the US.
17 Apr, 2024, 09.36 AM IST
Amazon launches programme for deliveries via electric vehicles in IndiaThe programme will help more than 300 delivery service partners (DSPs) to make customer deliveries with zero tailpipe emissions, the compan...
07 Nov, 2023, 10.32 PM IST
Amazon deploys 10,000 Rivian EVs in US; aims for bigger electric push in IndiaAmazon has partnered with EV maker Rivian to have at least 100,000 electric delivery vans on the road by 2030. Amazon said in July it had m...
18 Oct, 2023, 11.49 PM IST
Amazon is everywhere. That’s what makes it so vulnerable.Amazon's strength also hint as an underappreciated vulnerability it has.
20 May, 2023, 10.15 AM IST
Amazon is everywhere. That's what makes it so vulnerableAs recently as four years ago, the blue-gray vehicle with the smiley arrow was a relative novelty among fleets of brown and blue-and-white ...
20 May, 2023, 09.21 AM IST
Rivian, Amazon in talks to end exclusivity part of electric van dealAmazon had placed an order for 100,000 electric delivery vans (EDVs) from the Irvine, California-based EV maker in 2019, as part of the com...
13 Mar, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Toshiba India to supply batteries for EVage's electric vansThis is the first deployment of lithium titanium oxide (LTO) cells into commercial delivery vans and will help EVage vehicles with battery ...
11 Oct, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
Amazon to invest over €1 billion in electric vans, truck fleet across EuropeAmazon said the investment was also aimed at spurring innovation across the transportation industry and encouraging more public charging in...
10 Oct, 2022, 09.11 AM IST
Walmart to hire over 3,000 U.S. drivers as it expands home deliveryWalmart has experimented for years with last-mile delivery options. In 2017, for instance, Walmart established a program through which its ...
05 Jan, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
EV startup Rivian could be worth nearly as much as Honda in US IPOOnly three other companies have raised more than $8 billion while going public since 2011, according to data from Dealogic. Alibaba raised ...
02 Nov, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
EV startup Rivian could be worth nearly as much as Honda in US IPORivian — the Amazon-backed EV startup that rivals Tesla — is looking to raise up to $8.4 billion, setting it up to be the third-largest IPO...
02 Nov, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Amazon orders 1,800 Mercedes-Benz electric vans for European deliveriesA majority of the electric vehicles from Daimler AG's car and vans division will go into service this year, the company said, adding that i...
28 Aug, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
Amazon roll out bigger UPS and FedEx-style trucks to make delivery easyAMAZON-COM-Amazon begins rolling out bigger UPS and FedEx-style delivery trucks
11 Jul, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Amazon uses FedEx delivery model, those drones will have to waitInstead of charting a future that makes drivers obsolete, Amazon is so dependent on them it’s copying FedEx to build a network of independe...
18 Dec, 2018, 12.05 PM IST
Even Amazon is feeling the strain from delivery demand, wants hundreds of small businesses to helpThe online retailer's Prime service, offering free two-day shipping on many goods for $119 a year, is spurring annual growth of 25 percent ...
05 Jul, 2018, 10.04 AM IST