• artyom@piefed.social
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    They have A LOT of them but really only ~20% of their fleet. Hopefully this will encourage them to accelerate that transition. There’s also “Amazon Flex” which hires contractors like Uber.

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      I doubt that Amazon is slow rolling it. Demand for EV trucks is insane. I was working on procuring some in a different industry a couple years ago, and we just could not get them in any meaningful quantity. Lead times were years out. I think we actually got one during the time I was on the project.

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        Rivian is already selling to other companies. Amazon could have very well paid them to remain exclusive until they completed their fleet.

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      Amazon made 80 billion in operational income (after all expenses, pre-tax) in 2025, this is 0.001% of that. It’s like fining a person making $31k a year $3.10.

      Any fines that go towards the people are good fines for a company like Amazon, but it’s not enough