Amazon has placed its largest-ever order of more than 200 battery-electric heavy goods vehicles – and has selected the flagship Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 from Mercedes-Benz Trucks. This is also the largest order for electric trucks in the history of the truck manufacturer.

Online retailer Amazon has purchased 202 electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 vehicles from Germany's Daimler Truck, the automaker said Tuesday, marking both firms' largest-ever order for battery-powered lorries.

Mercedes-Benz has secured an order from Amazon for over 200 eActros 600 electric trucks, marking its largest EV truck order to date. The vehicles will be deployed over 18 months on high-mileage routes in Germany and the UK for logistics operations.

Amazon said on Tuesday it has ordered 200 Mercedes-Benz fully-electric eActros 600 heavy goods vehicles from Daimler to serve the German and UK markets in its largest electric truck order so far.

Online giant Amazon is expanding zero-exhaust emission deliveries in the UK, with its biggest ever order of electric heavy goods vehicles. The company also announced the launch of on-foot customer deliveries for the first time,