Meal-kit firm HelloFresh has added 70 all-electric Rivian vans to its fleet, the primary main buyer to purchase the business EVs for the reason that automaker ended its unique take care of Amazon.
The 70 all-electric business vans signify almost one quarter of HelloFresh’s fleet, which has already helped the corporate save an estimated 20,000 gallons of gasoline, according to a blog post the corporate posted Wednesday. HelloFresh mentioned the shift to electrical has diminished its CO2 emissions output by 200 tonnes.
Rivian, which produces and sells two van sizes, has wished to diversify its buyer base since ending its exclusivity take care of Amazon in November 2023. However the automaker didn’t formally open up its business van fleet enterprise to different firms till February 2025. The EV maker spent that hole 12 months getting ready a business fleet line for a broader swath of companies, which included constructing out service infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and accumulating suggestions by way of pilots from fleet prospects, Rivian has mentioned previously.
Rivian has been noticed performing various trials with potential fleet customers. Nevertheless, HelloFresh is the primary to publicly declare itself a buyer and incorporate the vans right into a fleet.
As Rivian works so as to add extra business prospects, it’s nonetheless producing vans for Amazon. Rivian began producing the business vans in 2021, two years after Amazon introduced it had ordered 100,000 of the automobiles as a part of an effort to scale back its local weather influence. Amazon was already deeply invested in Rivian when it struck the exclusivity settlement for the business vans. Simply seven months earlier than, the e-commerce big led a $700 million funding spherical in Rivian.
As of February, Amazon had 20,000 business vans produced by Rivian in its fleet.