Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over the first 27 eActros 600 battery-electric trucks to Amazon, with more than 50 due to run on German roads by the end of 2026. The vehicles come from an order for over 200 units placed in early 2025, the largest e-truck purchase Amazon has made to date.

The e-trucks work middle-mile routes, moving goods between fulfilment centres and urban areas. Amazon is fitting hundreds of heavy goods vehicle chargers at its European sites, allowing a 10% to 80% charge in about 70 minutes.

Built at Wörth am Rhein, the eActros 600 runs three battery packs giving 621 kW/h and a stated range of 500km at 40 tonnes gross combination mass. Its lithium iron phosphate cells are engineered for 1.2 million km over ten years.

Amazon is putting more than €1bn (US$1.18bn) into electrifying its European network, with over €400m (US$472m) for Germany. Most of the order goes to the UK, where deliveries began in late 2025, making Germany part of a wider rollout. The retail giant has gone significantly further electrifying its last-mile delivery vans, deploying a global fleet of 50,000 thus far with a goal of 100,000 total zero-emission vehicles by 2030. Most of these vans are sourced from Rivian, although vans from European automakers like Mercedes-Benz are also in the mix.

Andreas Marschner, Vice President of Worldwide Sustainable Operations at Amazon, said: “The handover of these vehicles is a milestone for the electrification of our transportation network. Electric solutions have already been widely used for some time in last-mile package delivery to customers. With the high-performance electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz Trucks, we can now make even longer transport routes between fulfillment centers and urban areas more sustainable. This is a true solution for the future.”

Source: Daimler Truck