Amazon makes 'largest ever' UK order of electric trucks to cut carbon emissions

Online retailer will also begin its first large-scale deliveries by train and trial heavy post-style cartsBusiness live - latest updatesAmazon is to deploy nearly 150 electric heavy goods vehicles as well as piling packages on to trains and post-style trolleys in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of delivering goods in the UK.The tech company said it had bought more than 140 electric Mercedes-Benz heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and eight Volvo lorries - which it says is the UK's biggest-ever order of electric trucks - that can take loads of up to 40 tonnes. Continue reading...