Amazon adds 75 Einride electric trucks to Relay freight network
Amazon is putting 75 Einride electric trucks into Relay, a test of whether heavy freight electrification can work at Amazon scale, with charging at five U.S. sites.
Amazon has added 75 electric heavy-duty trucks from Swedish startup Einride to its Relay freight network, a move that turns one of the country’s biggest logistics systems into a live test case for cleaner middle-mile hauling. The trucks will be manually operated, supported by charging infrastructure at five U.S. locations, and used in Amazon’s middle-mile network, where freight moves between fulfillment centers, sort centers, air facilities and last-mile delivery stations.
The scale matters because Amazon is not buying or operating the fleet itself. Einride will own and manage the trucks with its Saga AI software, while Amazon’s Relay marketplace will route the loads. Relay, launched in 2017, directly tenders power-only loads through a free load board and contracts, with nationwide freight available across box trucks, dry vans, containers and reefers. By folding electric rigs into that existing marketplace, Amazon is testing whether battery-powered trucking can work as a normal logistics option rather than a one-off pilot.
CNBC reported that the deployment could generate up to 3 million electric transport miles a year. For Amazon, that is a meaningful stress test of charging uptime, route planning and payload economics, especially in middle-mile operations where schedules are tight and margins are thin. Amazon said it had more than 70,000 owned trailers in its fleet as of mid-2025, underscoring the size of the network into which Einride is plugging. The company has separately said it wants net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040 under The Climate Pledge and aims to put 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030 through its Rivian partnership. In Europe, Amazon also ordered more than 200 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric heavy goods vehicles, with deployment starting in 2025.
For Einride, the Amazon deal arrives as the company pushes toward the public markets. Einride announced a definitive business-combination agreement with Legato Merger Corp. III on Nov. 12, 2025, valuing the company at $1.8 billion, and said on Feb. 26, 2026 that it had secured about $113 million in PIPE financing, bringing total committed financing tied to the transaction to roughly $213 million. Einride said it had more than 25 customers across seven countries, a contracted annual recurring revenue base of $65 million and a fleet of about 200 electric vehicles. Roozbeh Charli has called the Amazon partnership validation of the company’s technology and strategy, and for freight operators watching fuel costs and emissions pressure rise, the next question is whether this model can hold up beyond the headline deal.
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