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Rivian CEO shows off new fleet of Amazon delivery vans

Teslarati

Over the weekend, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe showed off a fleet of Amazon all-electric delivery vans, which will be produced by the automaker. Amazon’s renewable delivery van started testing rounds in Los Angeles earlier this year in February. The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Study finds 2008 recession contributed to increase in age of US LDV fleet, slowing of emission reductions

Green Car Congress

The global economic recession of 2008—which severely depressed light-duty vehicle sales—resulted in an increase in the age of the light-duty vehicle fleet in the US that likely slowed the rate of decrease of fleet average emissions, according to a study by Gary Bishop and Donald Stedman at the University of Denver.

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Amazon’s Rivian van begins delivering packages in its third U.S. city

Teslarati

The e-commerce giant announced earlier today that it began delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, as the only U.S. Beginning in February 2021, Amazon started deploying the all-electric Rivian delivery vans by getting packages to customers in Los Angeles.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.