Amazon.com on Tuesday unveiled the first of a dozen Volvo electric big rigs it plans to deploy this year to pick up cargo from the nation's busiest container seaport in Southern California.

Amazon revealed first of 12 Volvo electric big rigs for LA/Long Beach port, boosting net-zero goal. Amazon also deploys 13,500 EV vans nationwide.

Amazon rolled out eight heavy-duty electric trucks now operating at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday, May 7 — with more to come by the end of the year. The original eight are part of a fleet of nearly 50 heavy-duty electric trucks from Volvo Trucks North America that will be operating in Southern California by the end of 2024 — a step toward the company’s goal to have net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

Amazon is deploying nearly 50 new heavy-duty electric trucks across Southern California to haul shipments and customer packages. Why it matters: It's part of the company's ambitious goal of going carbon-neutral by 2040 — and a major test of big electric trucks' capabilities.

Amazon is deploying 50 battery-electric heavy-duty trucks in California, which it claims is the largest such fleet in the country. The company says the new trucks represent an important step in its mission to eliminate pollution from its global operations — even as its carbon emissions have spiked in recent years.

Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Tuesday announced the rollout of its first electric trucks in ocean freight operations. The trucks are part of the ecommerce giant’s largest fleet of nearly 50 heavy-duty electric trucks.