Amazon, DHL, Ikea, others join electric vehicle alliance

Eleven major companies joined the newly-formed Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance, led by Ceres, an organization that advocates for business sustainability, according to a press release issued Wednesday. The firms are Amazon, AT&T, Clif Bar, Consumers Energy, DHL, Direct Energy, Genentech, Ikea North America, LeasePlan, Lime, and Siemens. The alliance's goal is to combat climate change by hastening a multi-industry transition to electric vehicles (EVs). It hopes to achieve this by helping firms set and meet their fleet electrification targets, advocating for policy changes and "expanding the business case for the production of a more diverse array of electric vehicle models," the release said.