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This year, the Japanese logistics provider Yamato is celebrating ahefty company milestone, its 100-year anniversary. And, as thenumber one provider on Japan's domestic parcel market and to copewith the rapidly growing e-commerce market, Yamato has beenreforming its services and network to meet the changing needs ofcustomers. In its centennial year, the company ordered 500 electriclight utility vehicles from StreetScooter, a subsidiary of DeutschePost DHL Group, to offer more environmentally friendly service anda better working environment so as to facilitate its reform. Aspart of the close development partnership between the twocompanies, the electric vehicles have been modified to meet bothJapanese standards and the specific needs of Yamato. That meansthese "Made in Germany" e-transporters will be sporting a steeringwheel on the right. Delivery is scheduled for operation duringfiscal year 2019.

Yutaka Nagao, Representative Director, President and ExecutiveOfficer of Yamato Transport: "While restructuring a sustainablelast mile delivery network for TA-Q-BIN, it has been a bigchallenge for us to develop new delivery vehicles with theconsideration of our employee's point of view. This encounter withStreetScooter is truly exciting to us, and we're looking forward toour first step towards a resolution through joint development.Theorder is good news to Achim Kampker, the CEO of StreetScooter."We're truly thrilled that Yamato has chosen our electricvehicles," Kampker said. "It's fresh validation that our vision ofbuilding customized, industry-specific vehicles is blossoming, thistime on an international scale. The strategic cooperation withYamato is thus an important step on the road to tapping theJapanese market for electric light utility vehicles."

Yamato has ordered 500 Work Pure. This model is StreetScooter atits most basic since the variant has no truck body. Truck bodieswill be assembled and installed on Work Pure chassis by theJapanese company Toprec, and will also be suitable for cold-chainapplications. Maintenance and repair will be performed by theYamato Transport's group company, Yamato Autoworks, which isresponsible for the group's delivery fleet and also functions as afleet services provider for third parties.

Yamato Transport is the leading logistics company in Japan andnumber one on the domestic parcel market. In fiscal year 2018, thecompany transported some 1.8 billion items. With the help ofYamato's "TA-Q-BIN" service, customers can send parcels,merchandise (even cold-chain items) as well as bulky goods andluggage to nearly any address in Japan, including hotels andairports. In addition to last-mile delivery, the Yamato Group alsooffers a range of commercial options: Logistics services for majorcustomers (BIZ logistics), appliance installation and moves (homeconvenience) as well as IT solutions (e-business), financialservices (financial) and vehicle services (Autoworks). Yamato isthe official logistics partner of the Olympic Games and theParalympics in Tokyo in 2020.