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{{short description|German logistics company}}
{{redirects here|DPAG}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Deutsche Post AG
| trade_name = DHL Group
| logo = [[File:DHL Group 06.2023.svg|DHL Group Logo|220px]]
| image = [[File:Post Tower Bonn.jpg|220px]]
| image_caption = [[Post Tower]] in [[Bonn]]
| type = [[Public company]]
| traded_as = {{FWB|DHL}}<br />[[DAX|DAX Component]]
| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|DE0005552004}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1995|1|2|df=y}}
| location = [[Post Tower]], [[Bonn]], Germany<br />{{Coord|50|42|56|N|7|07|48|E|region:DE-NW_type:landmark_source:dewiki|display=inline,title}}
| owners = [[Federal Government of Germany|Federal Government]] of [[Germany]] via [[KfW]] bank (21%)
| brands = {{plainlist|
* [[DHL]]
* [[Deutsche Post]]
}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{plainlist|
* Dr. Katrin Suder ([[chair]] of the [[supervisory board]])
* Tobias Meyer ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
* [[Melanie Kreis]] ([[chief financial officer|CFO]])
}}
| industry = [[Postal service]]s
| services = [[Mail|Letter post]], [[Parcel post|parcel service]], [[Express mail|EMS]], [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery]], [[cargo|freight]] forwarding, [[third-party logistics]]
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{€|81.76&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2023)<ref>{{citation|title=Resilient business model: DHL Group achieves annual targets for 2023 in a weak global economic environment|url=https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2024/dhl-group-annual-earnings-2023.html|website=group.dhl.com|access-date=2024-05-22|archive-date=2024-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522102040/https://group.dhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2024/dhl-group-annual-earnings-2023.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{€|8.43&nbsp;billion}} (2022)<ref name="FY">{{cite web|title=key figures|url=https://www.dpdhl.com/content/dam/dpdhl/en/media-center/investors/documents/annual-reports/DPDHL-2022-Annual-Report.pdf|access-date=12 April 2023|publisher=Deutsche Post|archive-date=19 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719170433/https://www.dpdhl.com/content/dam/dpdhl/en/media-center/investors/documents/annual-reports/DPDHL-2022-Annual-Report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| net_income = {{increase}} {{€|5.42&nbsp;billion}} (2021)<ref name="FY" />
| assets = {{increase}} {{€|63.59&nbsp;billion}} (2021)<ref name="FY" />
| equity = {{increase}} {{€|19.50&nbsp;billion}} (2021)<ref name="FY" />
| num_employees = 600,278 (2022)<ref name="FY" />
| homepage = {{URL|https://group.dhl.com/en.html|group.dhl.com}}
}}

[[File:Logo Deutsche Post DHL Group 2019.svg|thumb|Final logo for Deutsche Post DHL Group, used until 2023]]
'''Deutsche Post AG''' ({{IPA|de|ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈpɔst ʔaːˈɡeː}}), [[trade name|trading as]] '''DHL Group''', is a German [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[package delivery]] and [[supply chain management]] company headquartered in [[Bonn]], Germany. It is one of the world's largest courier companies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/responsibility/employees-and-workplace.html |title=Employees and workplace |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2019-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016032844/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/responsibility/employees-and-workplace.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The postal division, [[Deutsche Post]], delivers 61 million letters each day in Germany, making it Europe's largest such company. The trade name's eponymous parcel division [[DHL]] is a wholly owned subsidiary claimed to be present in over 220 countries and territories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhl.com/en/about_us/company_portrait.html |title=Company Portrait |website=DHL Company Portrait |access-date=16 May 2018 |archive-date=28 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228123421/http://www.dhl.com/en/about_us/company_portrait.html |url-status=live }}</ref> DHL Group was the largest logistics company worldwide in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/30749/umfrage/umsatz-deutsche-post-dhl/#:~:text=Rund%2094%2C4%20Milliarden%20Euro,Post%20DHL%20im%20Jahr%202022 | title=DHL Group – Umsatz bis 2022 }}</ref>{{Better reference|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=December 2023}}

DHL Group is the successor to the German mail authority [[Deutsche Bundespost]], the oldest modern postal service in the world,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/content/blog/die-erfindung-der-post-von-speziellen-lieferungen-erbgeneraloberstpostmeistern-und-was-thurn-und-taxis-damit-zu-tun-hatte?lang=en|title=The invention of the postal service: about special deliveries, Hereditary First Postmaster Generals and what Thurn und Taxis had to do with it - Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek|website=www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de}}</ref> tracing its roots to the [[Kaiserliche Reichspost|middle ages]]. It was privatized in 1995 and became a fully independent company in 2000. Since its privatization, Deutsche Post has significantly expanded its business area through acquisitions. In late 2014, the group acquired [[StreetScooter]] GmbH, a small manufacturer of electric vehicles. Two years later, the group acquired [[UK Mail]], a business-focused postal service in the UK for US$315.5 million (£243 million). The former company became a division of the Deutsche Post European parcel network.<ref name="ukmail.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.ukmail.com/news/news-article/2016/12/22/deutsche-post-dhl-group-completes-uk-mail-acquisition |title=Deutsche Post DHL Group completes UK Mail acquisition |date=22 December 2016 |publisher=UK Mail |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329153507/https://www.ukmail.com/news/news-article/2016/12/22/deutsche-post-dhl-group-completes-uk-mail-acquisition |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 2016 earnings of Deutsche Post DHL Group before interest and taxes (EBIT) was €3.491&nbsp;billion (up 44.8 percent over 2015), with a net profit of €2.64&nbsp;billion on revenue of €57.334&nbsp;billion. Return on equity, before taxes, was 27.7 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanshipper.com/main/news/deutsche-post-delivers-record-earnings-in-2016-des-66914.aspx#hide |title=Deutsche Post delivers record earnings in 2016 despite lower revenues |author=Ben Meyer |date=8 March 2017 |website=American Shipper |publisher=Howard Publications, Inc. |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920164155/https://www.americanshipper.com/main/news/deutsche-post-delivers-record-earnings-in-2016-des-66914.aspx#hide |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="annual-report-2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/content/dam/dpdhl/en/media-center/investors/documents/annual-reports/DPDHL_2016_Annual_Report.pdf |title=2016 Report |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 March 2017 |website=DPHL |publisher=Deutsche Post AG |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=12 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412171850/https://www.dpdhl.com/content/dam/dpdhl/en/media-center/investors/documents/annual-reports/DPDHL_2016_Annual_Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/investors.html |title=Investor Relations |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2019-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101035144/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/investors.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The group's long term credit rating, in November 2016, was BBB+ with a Stable outlook per Fitch's.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/investors/creditor-relations.html |title=Creditor Relations |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2019-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008190045/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/investors/creditor-relations.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
DHL Group is listed on the Börse Frankfurt ([[Frankfurt Stock Exchange]]) as DHL and is in the [[Euro Stoxx 50]] [[stock market index]]. In 2016, 20.5% of the group's shares were held by the state-owned [[KfW]] bank; 79.5% were freely floating: 65.6% held by [[institutional investor|institutional]] and 10.8% by private investors.

== Recent history ==
DHL Group has become a large, world-wide company in about two decades. The following are significant dates in the development into its current form.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/about-us/history.html |title=The history of Deutsche Post DHL Group |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2021-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212164824/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/about-us/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2 January 1995: Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst becomes Deutsche Post AG; this is the company's privatization. The government of Germany still owns a large share of the company; the state development bank [[KfW]] owns 50 percent.
*1998: Deutsche Post begins acquiring shares in DHL International. 
*1999: Deutsche Post World Net acquires the Dutch distribution company [[Van Gend & Loos]] from [[Nedlloyd]] and in 2000 the Swiss distribution company [[Danzas]]. 
*20 November 2000: Deutsche Post AG becomes a fully private company, with a new board of directors, in an IPO listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The government of Germany sells one third of its shares and KfW bank sells some of its shares.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/10/24/deals/deutsche_post/ |title=Germany to sell one-third of post office in IPO |date=24 October 2000 |website=CNN Money |access-date=25 October 2018 |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720003838/https://money.cnn.com/2000/10/24/deals/deutsche_post/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*December 2002: Deutsche Post AG acquires the remaining shares in DHL International.
*August 2003: The company acquires the [[Seattle]]-based [[Airborne Express]] (est. 1946). The company integrates Van Gend & Loos, Danzas, Airborne Express, and its own EuroExpress into DHL to form [[DHL Express]]. 
*December 2005: The group acquires the logistics company Exel in the UK, a £3.7&nbsp;billion (€5.5&nbsp;billion) takeover; Exel provided transport for corporate customers.
*2006: DHL GlobalMail UK merges with Mercury International. 
*December 2014: The group acquires [[StreetScooter]] GmbH, a small manufacturer of electric vehicles in Aachen, Germany. 
*December 2016: The group completes the purchase of [[UK Mail]], a business-focused postal service - "one of the largest integrated parcels and mail operations in the U.K." - for US$315.5 (£243) million. The former company becomes a division of the Deutsche Post European parcel network, although its web site reveals only a relationship with [[DHL Express]].<ref name="ukmail.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Deutsche Post DHL Group completes UK Mail acquisition |url=http://aircargoworld.com/deutsche-post-dhl-group-completes-uk-mail-acquisition/ |access-date=27 March 2017 |date=3 January 2017 |archive-date=18 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518070547/http://aircargoworld.com/deutsche-post-dhl-group-completes-uk-mail-acquisition/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*February 2019: The group reaches an agreement with [[SF Express]] ([[SF Holding]]) for its supply chain operations in China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dhl-group-seals-deal-sale-170529614.html|title=DHL Group Seals Deal for Sale of China-Based Supply Chain Business to SF Holdings|access-date=2019-07-12|archive-date=2023-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719170009/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dhl-group-seals-deal-sale-170529614.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Financial data ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Financial data'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallstreet-online.de/aktien/deutsche-post-aktie/bilanz|title=Deutsche Post Bilanz, Gewinn und Umsatz {{!}} Deutsche Post Geschäftsbericht {{!}} 555200|website=wallstreet-online.de|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2020-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730173940/https://www.wallstreet-online.de/aktien/deutsche-post-aktie/bilanz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Deutsche Post Dividende {{!}} KGV {{!}} Bilanz {{!}} Umsatz {{!}} Gewinn|url=https://www.boerse.de/fundamental-analyse/Deutsche-Post-Aktie/DE0005552004|access-date=2020-12-28|website=boerse.de|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=DHL Group Annual Report 2024 |url=https://group.dhl.com/content/dam/deutschepostdhl/en/media-center/investors/documents/annual-reports/DHL-Group-2024-Annual-Report.pdf |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=DHL Group}}</ref>
!Year
![[Revenue]]<br>(€ bn)
![[Net Income]]<br>(€ bn)
![[Assets]]<br>(€ bn)
!Employees<br>(k)
|-
|2011
|52.8
|1.1
|38.4
|423
|-
|2012
|55.5
|1.6
|34.1
|428
|-
|2013
|55.0
|2.0
|35.4
|435
|-
|2014
|56.6
|2.0
|36.9
|443
|-
|2015
|59.2
|1.5
|37.8
|450
|-
|2016
|57.3
|2.6
|38.2
|459
|-
|2017
|60.4
|2.7
|38.6
|472
|-
|2018
|61.5
|2.0
|50.4
|499
|-
|2019
|63.3
|2.6
|52.1
|499
|-
|2020
|66.8
|2.9
|55.3
|572
|-
|2021
|81.7
|5.0
|63.5
|592
|-
|2022
|94.4
|5.3
|68.2
|600
|-
|2023
|81.8
|3.7
|66.8
|594
|-
|2024
|84.1
|3.3
|69.8
|601
|}

== Corporate divisions ==

=== Post and parcel division  ===
[[File:Logo Deutsche Post 2019.svg|thumb|left|Deutsche Post logo]]
The postal [[Division (business)|division]] delivers approximately 61 million letters every working day in Germany,<ref name="annual-report-2016"/> and provides services across the entire mail value chain, including production facilities at central hubs, sales offices and production centers on four continents.

This division inherited most of the traditional mail services formerly offered by the state-owned monopoly, for which it uses the [[Deutsche Post]] brand. Its [[Letter monopoly|exclusive right to deliver letters]] under 50&nbsp;grams in Germany expired on 1 January 2008, following the implementation of European legislation.<ref name="Companies vie for German postal services">[http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb2007082_647870.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories Businessweek.com 2 Aug 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208224855/http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/aug2007/gb2007082_647870.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories |date=2009-02-08 }}</ref> In 2002, Deutsche Post was granted a license to deliver mail in the [[United Kingdom]], breaking [[Royal Mail]]'s long-standing [[monopoly]].
[[File:DHL Group Board.jpeg|thumb|DHL Group Board members: Tim Scharwath, Oscar de Bok, Melanie Kreis, Tobias Meyer, Thomas Ogilvie, Nikola Hagleitner, Pablo Ciano, John Pearson
(2025)]]
In 2016, in Germany alone, the Post & Parcel (P&P) division delivered over 1.2 billion parcels, an increase of 9.3% over 2015, much of it as result of shipping products purchased by customers on-line. The e-commerce aspect helped to generate a great deal of revenue. This division's revenue increased by 4.1 percent to €16.8 billion while earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased by 30.8 percent to over €1.4 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logisticsmanager.com/45pc-profit-boost-for-deutsche-post-dhl/ |title=45pc profit boost for Deutsche Post DHL |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 March 2017 |website=Logistics Manager |publisher=Akabo Media Ltd |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719194021/https://www.logisticsmanager.com/45pc-profit-boost-for-deutsche-post-dhl/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2017/annual-earnings-2016-deutsche-post-dhl-group.html |title=Deutsche Post DHL Group ends financial year 2016 with record earnings |date=8 March 2017 |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=25 October 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719171147/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2017/annual-earnings-2016-deutsche-post-dhl-group.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Post-cycle-Cologne-508.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Delivery bike, [[Cologne]]]]

=== eCommerce division ===
Since financial year 2019, DHL Group has been pooling its international parcel delivery operations in the eCommerce division.{{cn|date=September 2023}}

=== Express division ===
[[File:HP-1810DAE_(7010604717)_(3).jpg|thumb|DHL Aero Expreso Boeing 757-200F]]
The [[DHL|DHL Express]] division offers worldwide courier, express and parcel shipment service, combining air and ground transport, under the DHL brand. It owns five airlines: [[European Air Transport Leipzig]], [[DHL Air UK]], [[DHL Aero Expreso]], [[SNAS/DHL]] and [[Blue Dart Aviation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/about-us/corporate-divisions/express.html |title=EXPRESS |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL Group |access-date=2018-10-25 |archive-date=2023-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905105555/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/about-us/corporate-divisions/express.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, this division's  revenue increased by 2.7 per cent to €14 billion.<ref name="Burns">{{cite web |url=http://www.aircargoweek.com/revenue-falls-earnings-operating-profit-dhl/ |title=Revenue falls, but earnings and operating profit up at DHL |last=Burns |first=Justin |date=8 March 2017 |website=Air Cargo Week |publisher=Azura International |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009190321/https://www.aircargoweek.com/revenue-falls-earnings-operating-profit-dhl/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The operating profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased by 11.3% over 2015 to €1.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://postandparcel.info/78601/news/deutsche-post-dhl-reports-record-earnings-for-2016/ |title=Deutsche Post DHL reports "record earnings" for 2016 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 March 2017 |website=Post and Parcen |access-date=27 March 2017 |archive-date=2 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202035735/http://postandparcel.info/78601/news/deutsche-post-dhl-reports-record-earnings-for-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Express is divided into business units along regions:
* [[Europe]]
* [[Asia-Pacific|Asia Pacific]]
* [[Americas]]
* [[Europe, the Middle East and Africa]]

=== Global Forwarding – Freight division ===
[[File:DHL-AY06EYR.jpg|thumb|DHL semitrailer truck]]
The [[DHL Global Forwarding]] division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand and includes the [[DHL Freight]] operation which runs a ground-based freight network covering [[Europe]], [[Russia]] and traffic into the Middle East. In 2016, this division's revenue declined by 7.7 percent to €13.7 billion but operating profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved from -€181 million in 2015 to +€287 million.<ref name="Burns"/>

=== Supply Chain division ===
The [[DHL Supply Chain]] division provides contract logistics and corporate information. In 2016, this division's revenue decreased by 11.6% to €14.0 billion versus 2015, but operating profit improved by 27.4% to €572 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/DHL-forwarding-profits-continue-improving/68765.htm |title=DHL forwarding profits continue improving |author=Will Waters |date=8 March 2017 |website=Lloyd's Loading List }}</ref>

The division consists of two main business units:
* [[DHL Exel Supply Chain|DHL Supply Chain]] provides warehousing and warehouse transport for customers from a wide variety of sectors.
* '''Corporate Information Solutions''' handles documents (collection, digitalisation, printing, storage, archival) of all types.

In July, 2020, Deutsche Post DHL Group significantly increased earnings in Q2 2020 despite COVID-19.  Operating profit (EBIT) improved by around 16% to around EUR 890 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=DP DHL Group posts strong earnings in Q2 2020 |url=https://www.globalcargonews.com/dp-dhl-group-posts-strong-earnings-in-q2-2020 |access-date=9 July 2020 |publisher=Global Cargo News |date=9 July 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200825205429/https://www.globalcargonews.com/dp-dhl-group-posts-strong-earnings-in-q2-2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Electric van manufacturing==
[[File:2016-12-10-Post Streetscooter-9409.jpg|thumb|Electric StreetScooter Work as DHL Express van (2016)]]
[[File:Post Caddy im Schnee 07.JPG|thumb|The VW Caddy diesel-powered vans will be replaced by StreetScooter Work models, initially in Germany.]]
In December 2014, Deutsche Post DHL Group purchased [[StreetScooter]] GmbH, a small manufacturer of electric vehicles in [[Aachen, Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpdhl.com/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/deutsche_post_dhl_uebernimmt_streetscooter_gmbh.html |title=Deutsche Post DHL übernimmt StreetScooter GmbH |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 December 2014 |website=Deutsche Post DHL |publisher=Deutsche Post AG |access-date=26 March 2017 |quote=Deutsche Post DHL hat den Kaufvertrag für die StreetScooter GmbH unterzeichnet - ein  ehemaliges Start-up aus dem Umfeld der RWTH Aachen mit dem Ziel, wirtschaftliche Elektroautos zu entwickeln. Mit der Übernahme der StreetScooter GmbH, die noch unter dem Vorbehalt der fusionskontrollrechtlichen Freigabe steht, übernimmt Deutsche Post DHL auch die Entwicklungs- und Produktionsrechte an den Fahrzeugen sowie die Mitarbeiter. Die StreetScooter GmbH ist ein Spin-Off der RWTH Aachen und als Konsortium aus rund 80 Industrieunternehmen der Automobilindustrie und verwandter Branchen gestartet. Es wurde 2010 gegründet und beschäftigt 70 Mitarbeiter. Seit 2013 sind in Aachen im ehemaligen Talbot-/Bombardierwerk rund 200 StreetScooter Fahrzeuge produziert worden. |archive-date=20 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320123908/http://www.dpdhl.com/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/2014/deutsche_post_dhl_uebernimmt_streetscooter_gmbh.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By April 2016, the company announced that it would produce 2,000 of the StreetScooter Work model in Aachen by year end.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/artikel/deutsche-post-konzern-baut-elektrotransporter-a-1085264.html|title=Deutsche Post will 2016 noch 2000 Elektro-Transporter bauen - manager magazin|work=manager magazin|access-date=2017-08-03}}</ref>

The Work vehicle is equipped with lithium-ion battery packs and is powered by 30&nbsp;kW asynchronous electric motors. The peak/continuous output is stated as 48&nbsp;kW/38&nbsp;kW. The range (before the need to recharge) is said to be  50 to 80&nbsp;km, depending on the weight of the load and traffic conditions. The load capacity is 710&nbsp;kg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streetscooter.eu/modelle/work |title=Technical Information StreetScooter Work (Kofferaufbau) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2017 |website=StreetScooter |publisher=StreetScooter GmbH |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=21 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721234139/http://www.streetscooter.eu/modelle/work |url-status=live }}</ref>

Deutsche Post's 2016 annual report indicates that it plans to replace its fleet of delivery vehicles in Germany with the electric StreetScooter products "in the medium term".<ref name="annual-report-2016"/> Electric vans and trucks with a much greater range will be required to achieve the very long-term goal of replacing the group's entire fleet of approximately 70,000 vehicles with electric StreetScooter vehicles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-post-dhl-makes-its-own-electric-delivery-vans/a-19332124 |title=Deutsche Post DHL makes its own electric delivery vans |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=15 June 2016 |website=DW |publisher=Deutsche Welle |access-date=26 March 2017 |quote=Provided its StreetScooters can be produced cheaply enough compared to the alternative of buying e-vans from established auto makers, the bottom line of the world's biggest delivery services company stands to benefit from producing its own delivery vehicles - whether or not it eventually adds profits from sales of e-vans to third parties. |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010110015/https://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-post-dhl-makes-its-own-electric-delivery-vans/a-19332124 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A mass production plan was announced in April 2016. StreetScooter GmbH would be scaling up to manufacture approximately 10,000 vehicles annually, starting in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/der-tausendste-elektro-streetscooter-der-deutschen-post-14401894.html |title=Streetscooter - Der tausendste Elektro-Transporter der Post |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=23 August 2016 |website=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH |access-date=26 March 2017 |quote=Die Post will ihren gesamten Fuhrpark auf Elektro-Autos umstellen. Bis dahin dauert es noch. Einen wichtigen Schritt hat das Unternehmen nun aber gemacht. |archive-date=20 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320234429/http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/der-tausendste-elektro-streetscooter-der-deutschen-post-14401894.html |url-status=live }}</ref> If that goal is achieved, it will become Europe's largest electric light utility vehicle manufacturer, surpassing Renault, which makes vans such as the [[Renault Kangoo|Kangoo Z.E.]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiss |first=Richard |date=24 March 2017 |title=Even Germany's post office is building an electric car |url=http://www.therecord.com/news-story/7207920-even-germany-s-post-office-is-building-an-electric-car/ |work=Waterloo Region Record |location=Kitchener, Ontario |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020035708/https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7207920-even-germany-s-post-office-is-building-an-electric-car/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

StreetScooter showed a larger prototype, the Work L, in September 2016 that will provide double the capacity in cargo size; its load capacity will be 1,000&nbsp;kg. The range (before recharging is necessary) is estimated at "up to 100 km".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2016/streetscooter-presents-new-work-l-model-iaa-commercial-vehicles-2016-trade-fair.html |title=StreetScooter presents new "Work L" model |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 September 2016 |website=DPDHL |publisher=Deutsche Post DHL |access-date=26 March 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025150306/https://www.dpdhl.com/en/media-relations/press-releases/2016/streetscooter-presents-new-work-l-model-iaa-commercial-vehicles-2016-trade-fair.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The company also announced that it was developing a Work Orange model with an "electro-hydraulic three-way dumper" for use by businesses that deal in trash or construction material handling. 
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/even-germany-s-post-office-is-building-an-electric-car |title=Even Germany's Post Office Is Building an Electric Car |last=Weiss |first=Richard |date=24 March 2017 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=26 March 2017 |quote=When Deutsche Post AG couldn’t find a zero-emission delivery van that met its needs, it bought a startup and developed one. Now Europe’s largest postal service may start selling those vehicles — dubbed StreetScooters — to others, showing the potential for disruption in the rapidly changing auto market. |archive-date=24 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324075122/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-24/even-germany-s-post-office-is-building-an-electric-car |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021 plans for the sale of Streetscooter to Luxembourg-based Odin Automotive, now B-ON, were reported.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 October 2021 |title=Deutsche Post to sells e-van business to Odin Automotive |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/deutsche-post-streetscooter-idUSKBN2GW1IM |work=Reuters|access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 May 2022 |title=Odin Automotive named B-ON & partners with Hitachi |url=https://www.electrive.com/2022/05/22/odin-automotive-named-b-on-partners-with-hitachi/ |access-date=30 June 2022}}</ref>

== Brands ==
*[[Deutsche Post]] – offers domestic mail services under its traditional name; the division is called Post - eCommerce - Parcel (PeP).
*[[DHL]] – brand used as an umbrella brand for worldwide logistics services.
*[[Power Packaging]] – supplier of food and beverage contract manufacturing and packaging services to North American companies.
*[[StreetScooter]] – electric vehicle manufacturer owned by the group since December 2014.

== See also ==
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*[[Kaiserliche Reichspost]]

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