Amazon Partners with TVS Motor to Expand Indian EV Segment

Amazon India and TVS Motor Company recently announced a partnership to deploy electric two- and three-wheelers, significantly advancing the country’s transition to electric mobility. As part of this partnership, a fleet of TVS Motor electric two- and three-wheelers will be used for Amazon’s last-mile deliveries. Additionally, the two businesses will test TVS Motor’s electric vehicle solutions via partner networks and delivery personnel all around the nation.

According to Abhinav Singh, Director, Customer Fulfillment, Supply Chain, and Global Specialty Fulfillment, at Amazon India, “This will support our supply chain in minimising the environmental effect of our operations and contribute to Amazon India’s aim of inducting 10,000 EVs into our fleet by 2025.” 

The country’s fleet of delivery vans will comprise 10,000 EVs by 2025, the country’s largest e-commerce company said in 2020. These EVs are being introduced in addition to Amazon’s global goal of 100,000 EVs by 2030. 

According to Manu Saxena, Senior Vice President, Future Mobility, TVS Motor Company, “With the excellent success of TVS ‘iQube Electric,’ we now plan to expand our electric offering across several segments, and commercial mobility sits at the appropriate inflection point.”

For the business-to-business (B2B) market, TVS Motor is prepared with electric two-wheeler and three-wheeler product alternatives, as well as an ecosystem of linked services and alternative ownership. The two businesses will also collaborate to look at EV use cases for different Amazon business units for its network and logistics needs.

Recently, TVS Motor decided to invest Rs 1,000 crore investment for the second consecutive year, gearing up to double its EV production capacity to 25,000 units a month by year-end. Along with this, TVS Motor also launched its TVS iQube electric scooter in three variants recently. TVS Motor claimed that the products come with a best-in-class on-road range of 140 km on a single charge. 

Amazon just announced cooperation with Okaya Electric Vehicles to deliver goods to millions of customers’ doorsteps.