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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Why the Christmas sleigh is going electric

Electric delivery vans will become part of Amazon's Australian fleet. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Online Christmas purchases could be delivered by electric vans, motorbikes and bikes in future as more organisations ditch petrol vehicles for greener technology.

Online retail giant Amazon became the latest company to add more electric vehicles to its fleet this week, announcing plans to put 1000 electric vans into 100 US cities before the end-of-year rush as part of its goal for deliveries to be net-zero by 2040.

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