Flipkart deploys 2,000 EVs across 90 cities

Hyderabad: Flipkart is deploying over 2,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in its delivery fleet across 90 cities in India, this festive season and the Big Billion Days. Earlier this year, the company had committed to deploy 25,000 EVs in its supply chain by 2030 towards its transition to 100 per cent fleet electrification as part of […]

Hyderabad: Flipkart is deploying over 2,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in its delivery fleet across 90 cities in India, this festive season and the Big Billion Days. Earlier this year, the company had committed to deploy 25,000 EVs in its supply chain by 2030 towards its transition to 100 per cent fleet electrification as part of its collaboration with The Climate Group’s EV100 campaign.

Also, after eliminating single-use plastic in its own supply chain in July this year, more than 75 per cent of Flipkart’s seller fulfilled shipments are now being processed in sustainable packaging marking a 20x increase over July 2020 covering more than 70 facilities across India.

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The increase in adoption rate is a significant outcome of the efforts of teams working with its seller partners, a transition path to gradually adopt sustainable packaging alternatives. The sustainable packaging alternatives were co-created with seller partners to customise designs catering to durability, size constraints and cost efficiency for different product categories.

Mahesh Pratap Singh, head, Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Flipkart said, “The Flipkart teams have come together to ensure our delivery executives are delivering to thousands of pincodes across 90 cities in more than 2,000 electric vehicles, which is a proud moment for us in our journey towards 100 per cent electrification of our last mile fleet.”

“Some of these cities include Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Waidhan, Vidisha, Shajapur, Jhabua, Pune, Sonai, Mysore, Rampur and many more as we continue to build sustainability into every part of our work,” Singh added.

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