Back in March, we reported the rollout of Amazon‘s Rivian vans in San Francisco. Denver is now the third city in the United States that now enjoys deliveries by the Rivian Electric vans after San Francisco and Los Angeles. The partnership between Rivian and Amazon is certainly blossoming with the target rollout to other cities well underway.
California caught the first glimpse of the prototype vans after their launch after a partnership between Rivian and Amazon worth over $700 million. The timeline of the development of the vans saw Los Angeles as the first city where actual Amazon deliveries were carried out by the electric vans. San Francisco also joined the growing list of cities in March.
Amazon hopes to have up to 100,000 Rivian electric vans in the coming years. The logistics giant seeks to have a significantly reduced carbon footprint by the time it transits fully to EVs.
The choice of cities so far chosen for the Rivian delivery vans seems to be very strategic. For one, the climate and topography of Colorado will provide a firm testing template for the vehicles as a full rollout is being worked on. The vehicles have to be well-suited to withstand the elements across the country, whether in hot or cold climes. These are variables that need to be factored into the design of these vans, to be sustainable as a business model.
It is projected that up to 10,000 Rivian vans would have become operational in Amazon’s US fleet by 2022. Several other cities will also see these vans strutting across their motorways soon. The early tests in dense areas like Los Angeles seem to have been a success.
Rivian has seen a rise in its acceptability as a budding EV manufacturer. It also has a growing fan base in Colorado. The Rivan Adventure Network is an initiative the company has berthed in Colorado, with two charging stations planned for each of the state’s 42 parks. The first of these chargers will become operational as early as July.
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