More Amazon customer orders in Berlin will now be delivered with e-cargo bikes from July 2024, as we open a new micromobility hub close to Alexanderplatz.
Electric bikes from the manufacturer Mubea will deliver more than 1.5 million parcels per year across Berlin. As part of Amazon’s €400 million commitment to electrify and decarbonise our German transportation network, the bikes are now expected to provide deliveries for dozens of areas in Berlin.
The new Berlin hub will be set up centrally in a car park at the Alexa shopping centre near Alexanderplatz. Micromobility hubs are physical centres within urban areas where packages are loaded onto delivery vehicles for the final leg of their journey. In Europe’s traditionally dense cities, these hubs enable Amazon to operate new delivery methods, such as e-cargo bikes and on-foot deliveries, to bring packages to customers with fewer emissions. Micromobility hubs allow Amazon to further reduce the number of traditional delivery vans on the road, alleviating traffic congestion in city centres and improving air quality.
In addition to the new hub close to Alexanderplatz, Amazon’s partners will also deliver by e-cargo bike from our delivery station in Tegel, which helps Amazon deliver to customers in the Reinickendorf district. In 2023, Amazon had more than 50 micromobility hubs in over 40 cities across Europe, up from more than 20 in 2022. In Germany, Amazon and our partners deliver by e-cargo bike in six cities: Munich, Freiburg, Koblenz, Aachen, Essen, and Berlin, while in Düsseldorf packages are also delivered by walker. In 2023, Amazon’s delivery partners delivered more than 50 million packages in Germany using electric and manual vehicles, such as electric vans, e-cargo bikes, and pushcarts.
“It’s a great next step for us to build out e-bike deliveries, especially in Berlin. This way, we ensure a timely delivery for our customers and reduce traffic within Berlin at the same time,” said Rocco Bräuniger, Country Manager of Amazon in Germany. “Reducing our delivery-related emissions plays an important role on our path to being carbon neutral by 2040.”
To advance the electrification and decarbonisation of our transportation network, Amazon’s delivery partners have more than 1,200 electric delivery vans in use in Germany. Last year, 300 electric delivery vans from Rivian were added to the fleet near Munich, Berlin, and Düsseldorf, and Amazon has also invested in thousands of electric charging points across our facilities in Germany.
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Disclaimer: The pictures in this article show a driver without a helmet. We require all our delivery partners to wear helmets to ensure their safety. The pictures were taken for a special photo shoot only and do not reflect our normal operations.
