Battery-electric vehicle adoption remains concentrated among larger operators and on shorter routes. But large-scale deployment can also help create the conditions for others to follow, Amazon’s Andreas Marschner told us.
The road transport industry’s shift to alternative fuel vehicles is gaining momentum. But the transition remains uneven.
IRU’s 2026 Green Compact survey found that planned investment in battery-electric vehicles is heavily concentrated among larger companies. In Western Europe, 87% of operators with annual turnover above EUR 100 million plan to invest, compared with 26% of smaller companies.
IRU member Amazon offers an example of what deployment at scale can look like.
In 2022, Amazon committed EUR 1 billion over five years to further electrify and decarbonise its European transport network. At the end of 2025, Amazon and its delivery partners had more than 10,000 electric delivery vans in Europe.
Amazon is also electrifying heavier transport and has more than 200 electric heavy trucks operating across its European network. (....)