GoFor and Odin Automotive Partner to Launch EV Delivery Platform in North America

GoFor, North America's leading sustainable delivery company committed to carbon-negative last mile services, and Odin Automotive announce a preferred partnership to deploy Odin's electric delivery vehicle ecosystem in the US and Canada starting in Q2 of 2022.

The partnership gives GoFor a turnkey solution for electric deliveries and secures preferred access to the rapidly filling production capacity for Odin's electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs), which have been in scale production in Germany for over 7 years.

As part of the agreement, for certain vehicle classes, Odin will have binding first right of refusal to provide electric vehicles for GoFor's crowdsourced delivery services, starting with up to 3,266 vehicles planned by the end of 2023.

Earlier this year, Odin announced their acquisition of IP and production rights for StreetScooter Engineering (StSE) eLCVs from Deutsche Post DHL in Germany.

Incubated by the postal service since 2014, StSE produced, refined, and manufactured a fleet of over 20,000 battery electric commercial vehicles to service deliveries while helping DPDHL reach its climate goals, saving over 260,000 tons of CO2 emissions in the process.

Aside from DPDHL, the vehicles are also in use for third parties across the globe, including large fleets in the UK and Japan. The partnership with GoFor marks the products' first major North American customer. 

"This partnership brings together two pioneers in sustainable last mile delivery who both understand that the world can't continue down the same path, rushing to deliver ever faster, no matter the consequence to communities or the environment.'' said GoFor CEO Ian Gardner. "At GoFor, our success will not only be measured in deliveries and profit but also in the stewardship of our communities, with a responsibility to ensure their prosperity and sustained health. This union is key to living up to our Renewable Delivery commitment to deliver better through carbon-negative solutions and fast, reliable, low cost delivery."