Walmart-owned Flipkart has partnered with Mahindra Logistics to accelerate use of electric vehicles in last mile delivery and will deploy over 25,000 EVs in the fleet by 2030, according to a regulatory filing. <\/p>\n
The Mahindra Group’s logistics arm has already launched an electric last mile delivery service – EDEL – in six cities and has partnered with companies in consumer and e-commerce space to provide such services. <\/p>\n
Mahindra Logistics will play a significant role in working with various original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and help Flipkart’s sustainable transition to EVs, as per the filing. <\/p>\n
Flipkart has already partnered with many OEMs and introduced two and three-wheeler electric vehicles in its supply chain. <\/p>\n
The company’s partnership with Mahindra Logistics EDEL will further propel this momentum and help in deployment at a national scale, further enhanced by infrastructure and technology support that spans charging, tracking, asset, safety, and cost, it said. <\/p>\n
EDEL’s robust multi-city presence across Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Kolkata, and Hyderabad, with a plan to cover the top 20 cities by year-end, will help facilitate a seamless and phased transition to EVs for Flipkart’s pan-India supply chain, according to the filing. <\/p>\n
Our focus is on expanding our network based on our deep partnership with large enterprise customers, said Rampraveen Swaminathan, CEO and MD, Mahindra Logistics. <\/p>\n
Mahindra Logistics through EDEL will enable Flipkart in its journey towards building a green supply chain by building supporting infrastructure and technology such as charging stations and parking lots, training workforce, route planning and battery swapping stations in the near future, it said. <\/p>\n
Another key focus area will be technology and control tower operations to enable greater efficiency and cost competitiveness, said the filing. <\/p>\n
Electrification of the logistics fleet is an important part of Flipkart’s larger sustainability goal and a key focus area for the company. We are happy to have Mahindra Logistics on-board as a logistics partner, who will play a major role in helping us achieve our vision of making our logistics fleet fully electric by 2030, said Hemant Badri, SVP Supply Chain, Flipkart Group. <\/p>\n
Through collective efforts, Flipkart aims to build and support solutions that boost EV adoption across the country and gradually make a 100 per cent transition to EVs in our logistics fleet, he added. <\/p>\n
Flipkart has recently announced its partnership with leading electric vehicle manufacturers, including Hero Electric, Mahindra Electric and Piaggio, to deploy EVs in its logistics fleet across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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