'The startup is to build 100,000 electric vans for e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc.'

'Plymouth-based electric vehicle startup company Rivian Automotive has an agreement to fill the largest order of fully electric vehicles in automotive history.

The startup is to build 100,000 electric vans for e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. over the next decade, Rivian said Thursday. The first batch of vans is expected to hit U.S. roadways by 2021, with 10,000 on the road by late 2022, said Rivian spokeswoman Amy Mast. All 100,000 are to be operating in Amazon's fleet by 2030.'

- Ian Thibodeau, Amazon's electric-van deal with Michigan startup Rivian is biggest EV order ever, September 20, 2019



Context

Multinationals launch global program to speed up switch to electric vehicles - '..electric transport the new normal by 2030.'

(Electric flight) - '..towards zero-emissions flight over the next 20 years.

'..fossil fuels lose their grip on the global energy system.'


(Electric Universe - SAFIRE - 2019) - 'All the evidence to date points to electricity as the primal force in nature.'