Amazon UK expands electric cargo bike deliveries in Manchester and London

Amazon has announced the expansion of its UK e-cargo bike fleet, with the launch of three further micromobility delivery hubs in Manchester and London.

Part of a five-year £300 million investment in the electrification and decarbonisation of the company’s UK transportation network, e-cargo bikes and walkers are now expected to make more than two million deliveries a year.

Amazon has opened these new hubs ahead of Black Friday. They join its existing central London e-cargo bike fleet, which was announced in July.

The e-commerce giant has made more than five million deliveries so far in 2022 using its e-cargo bikes and electric van fleet within London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone.

The electric delivery fleet will also operate across Manchester, and will include the launch of e-cargo bike deliveries to the city’s customers for the first time.

New delivery hubs based in London’s Wembley and Southwark will also more than triple the e-cargo bike fleet making deliveries to Amazon’s customers across the capital.

Amazon also this week announced further micromobility expansion plans across France and Italy. E-cargo bikes and on-foot deliveries are now operational from hubs in more than 20 cities across Europe.

In addition to this delivery fleet expansion, it is investing in thousands of chargers across its European facilities.

“With more than €1 billion committed to electrifying and decarbonising our European transportation network over the next five years, including more than £300 million in the UK alone, we remain laser focused on reaching net carbon zero by 2040,” says John Boumphrey, UK Country Manager, Amazon.

“These new hubs will not only bring our customers more electric-powered deliveries, but also support local authorities looking for ways to reduce congestion and find alternative transportation methods. We look forward to expanding our e-cargo bike fleet further in the coming months.”

“E-cargo bikes can play a vital role in reducing emissions, and that’s why we’ve already helped hundreds of firms to use them for deliveries,” says Decarbonisation and Technology Minister, Jesse Norman.

“With ever more people buying goods online, it’s more important than ever that we move to greener alternatives, and today’s announcement is one step closer to achieving that goal.”