Amazon has started deploying its first Rivian electric delivery vans in Canada, three years after starting to integratethe commercial vans in its US fleet.
In Canada, the fleet now includes 50 custom-built Rivian vehicles, which are now delivering packages in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Amazon‘s VP and Country Manager for Canada, Eva Lorenz, said the deployment marks the “first major initiative targeting the decarbonization of our local delivery fleet.”
The new vehicles will operate from the company’s DYV1 delivery station in the city of Delta, in partnership with two local Amazon Delivery Service Partners.
Amazon, which is also Rivian‘s largest institutional shareholder, was one of the first backers of the Irvine-based EV maker in 2019.
By then, the EV maker committed to deploy 100,000 commercial vans to the retail giant by 2030.
The company founded by Jeff Bezos introduced the custom-built vans in its US fleet in mid-2022.
Amazon had more than 30,000 Rivian vans on US roads as of June 2025, having added 10,000 units in the first six months of the year.
According to local media outlet Techcouver, more than 35,000 EDVs are already operating worldwide — as Amazon has also deployed Rivian EDVs in Europe.
Last month, the EV maker’s CEO RJ Scaringe reaffirmed the Irvine-based EV maker’s target of delivering 100,000 EDVs to the retail giant, further adding that the company was already “thinking about what comes beyond that initial 100,000 unit contract.”
A few days later, Amazon confirmed it was also piloting “a dozen” electric delivery vans from General Motors’ BrightDrop.
“We’re committed to having 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, and we regularly test various vehicle options,” an Amazon spokesperson told Bloomberg back then.
The news raised concerns on the partnership with Rivian.
However, a month later, the Detroit automaker announced that it is shutting down production of the BrightDrop EDV. The vehicle was produced at the CAMI Assembly plant, in Ontario, Canada.
The company is now assessing the site “for future opportunities,” CEO Mary Barra stated, adding that it was “not a decision we made lightly” due to the impact on employees.
Local media outlet The National Observer reported on Tuesday that the Ontario government is considering taking legal action against GM, alleging that the automaker broke its contract with the province.
The federal and Ontario governments had committed up to $259 million in 2022 to support GM’s EV investments in the region.
Ontario’s premier Doug Ford warned that the company must find a new product for the facility.
Mayor Brian Petrie called the situation the “worst-case scenario,” stating that “in a town of 12,500 people, it can’t get any worse.”
Petrie added that GM “is our largest employer, our largest taxpayer, and most importantly, there are 1,200 families now in a much worse situation than before.”
