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 retailer Amazon announced in Munich on Tuesday that it has ordered 200 electric heavy goods vehicles from Germany's Daimler Truck for use on the European market starting this year. More than 140 of the trucks will operate in the United Kingdom,

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.

Amazon is adding over 200 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric semi trucks to its fleet later this year – its largest-ever order of eHGVs.