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Business: The Indian e-commerce business owned by Walmart, Flipkart, has now exceeded 10,000 electric vehicles deployed in its delivery network in the country. The business’ strategic adoption of electronic vehicles is designed to lower costs, boost operational efficiencies, and increase sustainability.
What we have achieved is much more than a logistical shift from deploying over 10,000 electric vehicles,” said Flipkart Group’s senior vice president and group head of supply chain Hemant Badri, quoted by the Press Trust of India. “Pairing our expanded electric vehicle fleet with critical investments in charging infrastructure is helping drive operational excellence while setting a benchmark for sustainable practices in the industry at large.”.
Flipkart, as cited by ET Retail, has been introducing electric vehicles into its delivery network gradually over the past few years. Electric vehicles have brought down the cost per order for Flipkart at the delivery hub level and increased its delivery speed by 20 percent vis-a-vis traditional delivery vehicles.
As part of the EV100 initiative by the Climate Group, the business aims to have a fully electric last-mile delivery fleet by 2030. Electric vehicles from Flipkart are most prominent today at metro and Tier 1 locations across New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. The business is also investing in charging infrastructure to support its transition.
