Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos drives e-rickshaw; video goes viral

NEW DELHI: Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday posted a video on his official twitter handle in which he drove an e-rickshaw with Amazon’s delivery partners.

Taking a Climate Pledge, the video by Bezos revealed that Amazon is rolling out its new fleet of fully electric delivery rickshaws.

“Hey, India. We’re rolling out our new fleet of electric delivery rickshaws. Fully electric. Zero carbon. #ClimatePledge,” Bezos tweeted along with the video.

Hey, India. We’re rolling out our new fleet of electric delivery rickshaws. Fully electric. Zero carbon. #ClimatePledge pic.twitter.com/qFXdZOsY4y
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 20, 2020

The video showing Bezos driving an e-rickshaw carried his first name — JEFF. The post garnered 2.8K retweets and 16.4K likes.

Electric cars have several benefits over the conventional engine as they do not emit harmful tailpipe pollutants such as soot, volatile organic compounds, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, ozone, lead, & various oxides.

Whoa Amazon! Biodiversity on wheels! Great to see Amazon @JeffBezos on personal level taking responsibility and investing in #ClimateChange but also for #Amazon as a lead agent at Corporate Business level, another super innovation trending India right now.
— Lady Dawnecia Palmer (@LadyP2transform) January 20, 2020

Excellent initiative Jeff and a wonderful example for rest of India. Let’s home that Reliance also follows such zero carbon initiatives with their rollout of of the online business.
— Sanjeev Kumar, FRAS (@sanjeevku) January 20, 2020

Doesn’t Amazon pay $15 minimum wage? Obviously everyone’s case is different and this may not be enough in some but this seems like a strong commitment to double federal minimum wage (working environment is probably a counter point?)
— Matt (@MattSalsamendi) January 20, 2020

Source: IANS