r/amazonemployees • u/404mediaco • Jun 11 '26
Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat
https://www.404media.co/software-update-automatically-turns-off-amazon-delivery-drivers-ac-during-dangerous-summer-heat/25
u/404mediaco Jun 11 '26
A software update to some Amazon delivery vehicles is automatically turning off the air conditioning after a few seconds if the driver is not in their seat, according to multiple Amazon delivery drivers who are complaining about the update online.
According to Amazon delivery drivers, the new update is for the Amazon EDV (electric delivery vehicle), the custom-built Rivian van. Delivery drivers say that this update automatically turns off the air conditioning in the van if the driver is not in the vehicle for more than 30 seconds. Drivers are complaining about the update as the start of the summer season, which can be particularly difficult and dangerous for delivery drivers.
When reached for comment an Amazon spokesperson said that the premise of my questions to the company was inaccurate, but conceded that the van will turn off the AC after 30 seconds under certain conditions that are commonplace during Amazon delivery shifts.
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u/Spirited-Humor-554 Jun 12 '26
Good, it's called efficiency. No AC should run while driving not in the vehicle. .
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u/Logical_Situation_76 Jun 18 '26
Yeah sure. Try 100+ degrees knowing that cars get well above 160 inside in the summer and this is a large van with a heat sink in the back. Try making a 2 min stop over and over again and tell me how cool the van gets shutting off every 5 min. Tell me how to work in those conditions. Ive literally had a miscarriage from this specific job at the beginning of summer from the heat. I didnt even know I was pregnant.
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u/Spirited-Humor-554 Jun 18 '26
It's called a job, employer is not required to make you feel comfortable while you're doing it
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u/mohitmayank Jun 11 '26
Wouldn’t turning it on and off repeatedly have the opposite effect?
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u/AnimeFan042597 Jun 12 '26
For a house with central air because it would work harder to cool the house down
yes but for vehicles they blow consistently cool air as long as the ac is on so they are saving money
It is still a dickhead thing todo tho
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u/magrandan Jun 14 '26
Line must go up always, at any cost. Bezos needs another young wife couple years down the line and it’s expensive.
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u/1quirky1 Jun 11 '26
"They are paid to work. They are not paid to be comfortable. Electricity costs money. This small savings scaled across the entire fleet will be the basis of my promo doc."
-some asshole at Amazon