VIRGINIA BEACH — You’ve likely seen them in your neighborhood. Gray vans emblazoned with Amazon’s signature blue curved arrow “smile” and a playful phrase such as: “I’m electric. Boogie woogie woogie.”
The vehicles are the online shopping giant’s first electric fleet in Virginia and are based out of a new Virginia Beach delivery station on Harpers Road. A second massive Amazon building — a robotics fulfillment center across Dam Neck Road — is scheduled to open next year.
On Tuesday, the company hosted a ribbon-cutting and tour of the delivery center, which is Amazon’s sixth site in Hampton Roads. State and local officials attended, including state Sens. Aaron Rouse and Bill DeSteph as well as Mayor Bobby Dyer and City Manager Patrick Duhaney…