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    Amazon Rivian electric delivery vans arrive in Canada

    (cleantechnica.com)
    55 points TMWNN | 12 comments | 02 Nov 25 20:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source | bottom
    1. giancarlostoro ◴[02 Nov 25 22:41 UTC] No.45794077[source]▶
    I've seen these around here a few times (I live in Central Florida) they are kind of cool looking. I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands of Amazon delivery vehicles, is Amazon being 'sponsored' by these manufacturers or just buying cars all the time? I am really confused why there's so many different brands.
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    2. dawnerd ◴[02 Nov 25 22:41 UTC] No.45794083[source]▶
    Amazon was an early investor and pretty much had these built for them.
    3. sp0rk ◴[02 Nov 25 22:52 UTC] No.45794154[source]▶
    > I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands of Amazon delivery vehicles, is Amazon being 'sponsored' by these manufacturers or just buying cars all the time? I am really confused why there's so many different brands.

    Amazon runs a program called "Delivery Service Partners" which basically certifies small businesses to deliver Amazon packages. They are given the option of using their own fleet of vehicles if they don't want to lease the vehicles designed by Amazon.

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    4. SoftTalker ◴[02 Nov 25 23:14 UTC] No.45794261[source]▶
    I often see them using plain white vans with Budget Rental or other logos.
    5. toomuchtodo ◴[02 Nov 25 23:25 UTC] No.45794324[source]▶
    Amazon:

    https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/rivian-electric-delivery-vans...

    https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-y...

    https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/rivian

    Rivian Fleet:

    https://electrek.co/2023/12/14/rivian-rivn-first-non-amazon-...

    https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-will-now-sell-its-comm...

    https://rivian.com/fleet

    6. illusive4080 ◴[02 Nov 25 23:41 UTC] No.45794423[source]▶
    A “few” times? In Atlanta metro I exclusively see these vans, never any other type, except for temp workers in normal cars.
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    7. dmix ◴[03 Nov 25 00:14 UTC] No.45794612[source]▶
    I thought amazon mostly used 3rd party delivery fleets?
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    8. mikeryan ◴[03 Nov 25 00:17 UTC] No.45794635[source]▶
    Amazon was a large investor in Rivian (they led a $700M round and own about 16%) and have a commitment for 100k vans by 2030. Amazon’s been using their vans here in Northern California for a couple of years now.
    9. hamdingers ◴[03 Nov 25 01:07 UTC] No.45794925[source]▶
    They are buying vans all the time and no one EV company has the capacity to meet their demand.
    10. marky1991 ◴[03 Nov 25 05:11 UTC] No.45796045[source]▶
    In Atlanta suburb, I've never seen one, only normal looking vans.
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    11. illusive4080 ◴[03 Nov 25 13:31 UTC] No.45798759{3}[source]▶
    That’s weird. I’m about as far away as you can be from Atlanta and still be considered in the metro area. Maybe it’s dependent on the area.
    12. giancarlostoro ◴[03 Nov 25 16:11 UTC] No.45800614[source]▶
    This is probably the answer I was looking for, thank you!