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Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019.

CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday that Amazon has ordered 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from start-up Rivian Automotive in a push to make the company’s fleet run entirely on renewable energy.

“[We] will have prototypes on the road next year, but 100,000 deployed by 2024,” Bezos said during comments at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. “So a lot of these things, we don’t have magic crystal balls to look into the future, but those are a pretty good timeline.”

The company is set to deliver its R1T pickup and R1S SUV at the end of 2020 as planned, said Rivian spokeswoman Amy Mast.