Amazon and Tata Motors announced a collaboration to deploy 3,000 electric trucks across Amazon's transportation network in India. The largest electric-truck deployment by an e-commerce company in India marks Amazon’s most significant move yet to extend fleet electrification beyond last-mile delivery. The trucks will support the movement of customer shipments between facilities, across cities and along national freight corridors.
The first batch of Tata electric trucks was flagged in Delhi by H.D. Kumaraswamy, Minister of Heavy Industries & Steel, Government of India; Abhinav Singh, Vice President, Operations, Amazon, APAC, Middle East, Africa and Turkey; Kishore Lanka, Director, Operations, Amazon India; Sushant Naik, Global Head – Government & Corporate Affairs and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Tata Motors and Rajesh Kaul, Vice President and Business Head – Trucks, Tata Motors, among other dignitaries.
The planned deployment of 3,000 electric trucks represents a substantial addition to India’s electric truck fleet, marking a major step in scaling electric freight transportation across the country. As per the arrangement, Tata Motors will supply electric trucks for Amazon’s transportation requirements, while Amazon’s carrier partners will own and operate the vehicles. The collaboration brings together Amazon’s logistics network and long-term freight demand with the engineering, manufacturing and service capabilities of Tata Motors—India’s largest commercial-vehicle manufacturer. Together, the companies aim to address key barriers to adoption and demonstrate how zero-exhaust-emission trucks can operate at scale.
Scaling electric trucks across cities and highway corridors
The initial rollout will begin in Delhi during India’s festive season, when freight volumes across e-commerce and retail supply chains reach their annual peak. Amazon will deploy light- and medium-duty electric trucks from Tata Motors across its middle-mile transportation network. The next phase will see the deployment expand to major national highways, with the ambition of electrifying the 2,800-km Delhi–Bengaluru–Chennai corridor along NH48 — India’s longest freight corridor — spanning seven states and connecting six of the country’s largest e-commerce regions. Dedicated charging infrastructure, including hubs being developed with Yahhvi, a charging infrastructure provider, will support this expansion. The rollout follows the introduction of Delhi’s 2026 EV Policy, which gives a significant incentive to early adopters: the first 1,000 privately owned medium-duty electric trucks registered in the three months after the policy launches will be allowed to enter the city at any time of day — bypassing the usual "No Entry" hours — for a full decade. It also supports India’s broader push towards cleaner mobility and freight electrification, alongside initiatives such as the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) and PARIVARTAN.
Built around an integrated e-axle, the Tata Ultra E.7 features CCS2 fast charging, regenerative braking and a new generation crash-tested cabin equipped with high-voltage safety systems. The truck is designed to deliver lower operating costs, higher uptime and a lower-emission alternative for freight transportation.