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I've seen these around here a few times (I live in Central Florida) they are kind of cool looking. I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands

I've seen these around here a few times (I live in Central Florida) they are kind of cool looking. I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands of Amazon delivery vehicles, is Amazon being 'sponsored' by these manufacturers or just buying cars all the time? I am really confused why there's so many different brands.

dawnerd 1y ago
Amazon was an early investor and pretty much had these built for them.
sp0rk 1y ago
> I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands of Amazon delivery vehicles, is Amazon being 'sponsored' by these manufacturers or just buying cars all the time? I am really confused why there's so many different brands. Amazon runs a program called "Delivery Service Partners" which basically certifies small businesses to deliver Amazon packages. They are given the option of using their own fleet of vehicles if they don't want to lease the vehicles designed by Amazon.
- SoftTalker 1y ago
  I often see them using plain white vans with Budget Rental or other logos.
- giancarlostoro 1y ago
  This is probably the answer I was looking for, thank you!
toomuchtodo 1y ago
Amazon: https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/rivian-electric-delivery-vans-amazon/ https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/rivian-electric-delivery-vans... https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-you-need-to-know-about-amazons-electric-delivery-vans-from-rivian https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-y... https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/rivian https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/rivian Rivian Fleet: https://electrek.co/2023/12/14/rivian-rivn-first-non-amazon-customer-commercial-vans/ https://electrek.co/2023/12/14/rivian-rivn-first-non-amazon-... https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-will-now-sell-its-commercial-van-to-any-fleet-starting-at-79900/ https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-will-now-sell-its-comm... https://rivian.com/fleet https://rivian.com/fleet
illusive4080 1y ago
A “few” times? In Atlanta metro I exclusively see these vans, never any other type, except for temp workers in normal cars.
- marky1991 1y ago
  In Atlanta suburb, I've never seen one, only normal looking vans.
  - illusive4080 1y ago
    That’s weird. I’m about as far away as you can be from Atlanta and still be considered in the metro area. Maybe it’s dependent on the area.
dmix 1y ago
I thought amazon mostly used 3rd party delivery fleets?
- mikeryan 1y ago
  Amazon was a large investor in Rivian (they led a $700M round and own about 16%) and have a commitment for 100k vans by 2030. Amazon’s been using their vans here in Northern California for a couple of years now.
hamdingers 1y ago
They are buying vans all the time and no one EV company has the capacity to meet their demand.

dawnerd 1y ago

Amazon was an early investor and pretty much had these built for them.

sp0rk 1y ago

> I do wonder though, because I have seen a dozen other brands of Amazon delivery vehicles, is Amazon being 'sponsored' by these manufacturers or just buying cars all the time? I am really confused why there's so many different brands. Amazon runs a program called "Delivery Service Partners" which basically certifies small businesses to deliver Amazon packages. They are given the option of using their own fleet of vehicles if they don't want to lease the vehicles designed by Amazon.

SoftTalker 1y ago
I often see them using plain white vans with Budget Rental or other logos.
giancarlostoro 1y ago
This is probably the answer I was looking for, thank you!

toomuchtodo 1y ago

Amazon: https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/rivian-electric-delivery-vans-amazon/ https://electrek.co/2019/09/19/rivian-electric-delivery-vans... https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-you-need-to-know-about-amazons-electric-delivery-vans-from-rivian https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/everything-y... https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/rivian https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/tag/rivian Rivian Fleet: https://electrek.co/2023/12/14/rivian-rivn-first-non-amazon-customer-commercial-vans/ https://electrek.co/2023/12/14/rivian-rivn-first-non-amazon-... https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-will-now-sell-its-commercial-van-to-any-fleet-starting-at-79900/ https://electrek.co/2025/02/10/rivian-will-now-sell-its-comm... https://rivian.com/fleet https://rivian.com/fleet

illusive4080 1y ago

A “few” times? In Atlanta metro I exclusively see these vans, never any other type, except for temp workers in normal cars.

marky1991 1y ago
In Atlanta suburb, I've never seen one, only normal looking vans.
- illusive4080 1y ago
  That’s weird. I’m about as far away as you can be from Atlanta and still be considered in the metro area. Maybe it’s dependent on the area.

dmix 1y ago

I thought amazon mostly used 3rd party delivery fleets?

mikeryan 1y ago
Amazon was a large investor in Rivian (they led a $700M round and own about 16%) and have a commitment for 100k vans by 2030. Amazon’s been using their vans here in Northern California for a couple of years now.

hamdingers 1y ago

They are buying vans all the time and no one EV company has the capacity to meet their demand.