In support of The Climate Pledge commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040, 10,000 Amazon custom electric delivery vehicles will be on the road delivering to customers worldwide as early as 2022 and all 100,000 by 2030. San Francisco : Amazon has introduced its first custom electric delivery vehicle, designed and built in partnership […]
Amazon orders 1,800 electric Mercedes-Benz vans
Mercedes-Benz Vans and Amazon have announced the largest order for Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles to date. More than 1,800 battery-electric eVito and eSprinter from Mercedes-Benz Vans will be delivered to Amazon starting this year to be used across Europe. The order includes around 600 medium-sized eVito and more than 1,200 vehicles of the large-size van eSprinter. […]
Huawei takes a leap in the world’s most innovative companies’ list
It moves to sixth position from 42nd place Companies like Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and others are the regulars in the top ten list of the world’s most innovative companies, but for Huawei, it is the first time. This ICT infrastructure provider has taken a leap from 42nd place in the list to the sixth position. […]
Amazon to launch $2 bln venture capital fund to invest in clean energy: WSJ
The new fund will be called “The Climate Pledge Fund”, the report said, adding that it will invest in companies across a number of industries such as transportation, energy generation, battery storage, manufacturing and food and agriculture Amazon.com Inc will launch a $2 billion internal venture capital fund that will focus on technology investments to […]
Amazon Announces $2 Billion Climate Pledge Fund to Invest in Companies Building Products, Services, and Technologies to Decarbonize the Economy and Protect the Planet
Seattle, United States: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to meet The Climate Pledge—a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. This dedicated venture investment program—with an initial $2 billion in funding—will back visionary companies […]
Amazon Announces Five New Utility-Scale Solar Projects to Power Global Operations in China, Australia, and the U.S.
Seattle, United States: The five projects include Amazon’s first renewable energy project in China, second in Australia, second and third in Ohio, and 12th in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with a combined 615 MW of additional renewable capacity and an expected generation of 1.2 million MWh of energy annually, or enough to power 113,000 average U.S. […]
Amazon Clicks Buy on 615 Megawatts of Large-Scale Solar
Tech giant may reach its 100 percent renewables goal five years early, but environmentalists remain skeptical of its climate goals. Amazon will add 615 megawatts of solar projects to its existing and announced renewables portfolio of more than 2.9 gigawatts, the technology and shipping giant said on Thursday. The projects will go up across the […]
HOW MICROSOFT & AMAZON PLAN TO GO CARBON NEGATIVE
Climate change is real, and the rise of the earth’s temperature will cause tens of millions of people to migrate in the next decade. The increasing climate crisis will make most of the unsustainable for humans. Thus, the United Nations human rights committee has ruled that it will be unlawful for governments to deport migrants […]
Amazon India to include 10K EVs in delivery fleet by 2025
Amazon, in a statement, said it piloted electric vehicles in several cities across India in 2019 and is now expanding this initiative across the country New Delhi : E-commerce major Amazon India on Monday said its fleet of delivery vehicles in the country will include 10,000 EVs by 2025. Amazon’s rival, Flipkart had in June […]
Amazon Backs Renewables Projects on Path to 100% Clean Power
Amazon.com Inc will invest in three new wind and solar projects as it moves toward a goal of meeting 80% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2024, and 100% by 2030. The company has entered the U.K.’s largest corporate wind power purchase agreement as part of its backing for the 50-megawatt Amazon Wind […]