Amazon to buy 100,000 electric cars in bid to be carbon neutral in 20 years
CEO Jeff Bezos says the first delivery EVs will be on the road in 2021, with 100,000 cars deployed by 2024
19 September 2019 - 17:48
Washington — Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has committed the online retailer to being carbon neutral by 2040 and says it will order 100,000 electric delivery vehicles as part of that pledge.
Cutting emissions is a challenging goal for Amazon, which delivers 10-billion items a year...
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