Amazon India has announced a partnership with India’s leading battery swapping infrastructure provider Sun Mobility to electrify its delivery fleet in India.
The partnership will help Amazon accomplish its commitment to adding 10,000 electric vehicles (EV) to its delivery fleet by 2025.
Amazon India will deploy its delivery service partners with SUN Mobility’s MaaS (mobility-as-a-service) offering that offers electric mobility solutions integrated with smart batteries and access to a vast network of SWAP POINTS, SUN Mobility’s battery-swapping stations.
Abhinav Singh, Director of Customer Fulfilment, Supply Chain and Global Specialty Fulfilment at Amazon India said,”The collaboration with SUN Mobility represents another step in our journey towards reducing carbon emissions and the environmental impact of delivery operations.”
He continued,”With the government also encouraging the development of sustainable and innovative business models for ‘Battery or Energy as a Service’, we are committed to supporting India’s progress in the e-mobility industry to achieve its environmental sustainability goals.”
SUN Mobility has already deployed over 100 loaders with Amazon India’s delivery network partners for rapid deliveries as part of the project’s pilot program. On being successfully tested, the partners now look forward to installing these EVs in more metro cities and other parts of India.
Chetan Maini, Co-Founder and Chairman of SUN Mobility, said, “We are delighted by the opportunity of collaborating with an e-commerce giant like Amazon India. We believe that this deployment will enable us to tangibly impact the rapidly growing e-commerce and delivery segment by making ‘refuelling’ of electric vehicles faster, cheaper and more convenient for fleet operators. In addition, our comprehensive MaaS offering will offer robust and supportive infrastructure that will cater to the new mobility paradigm, making India a global differentiator and a leader in this mobility transformation.”
SUN Mobility aims at partnering with more eCommerce companies for their delivery operation. It is looking forward to onboarding over a million vehicles by 2025.
