Total Lubricants China Marks Its First Use of Electric Vehicle Use in Logistics Services Between Its Plant and Central Warehouse

Zhenjiang, May 20, 2024 – Total Lubricants China (TLC) achieved a significant milestone in sustainable logistics by deploying electric vehicles (EVs) for short-distance transportation between its plant and central warehouse in Zhenjiang. This marks the first instance of EV adoption by Total Lubricants China.

Electric vehicles offer environmental advantages. It is estimated that a single vehicle can reduce its total carbon footprint (TCO2e) by 250 tons over its lifespan, contributing to lower greenhouse gas emissions, healthier living environment.

During the inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony, Mr. Anthony LIU, Managing Director of Total Lubricants China, delivered a speech alongside senior executives from SINOTRANS Logistics Group and SANY Group. In his speech, he emphasized TotalEnergies’ position as a global energy leader and its pioneering spirit in introducing electric vehicles in its businesses in China. This move represents a crucial step towards achieving emission reduction goals and signals the company’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

Total Lubricants China remains committed to promoting environmental protection and sustainable development, continuously striving to make a greater contribution to society and the environment.

About Total Lubricants China

Total Lubricants (China) Co. Ltd. (TLC) is an affiliate of broad energy company TotalEnergies. TLC has been a major supplier of lubricants in China for more than 20 years with headquarters in Shanghai. With over 510 employees, three lubricants production sites and an efficient supply chain in China, TLC is committed to serving our customers.
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About the Marketing & Services division of TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies’ Marketing & Services business segment offers its professional and private customers a wide range of broad energy products and services—petroleum products, biofuels, charging and related services for electric vehicles, gas for road and maritime transportation—to support them in their mobility and help them reduce their carbon footprint. Every day, over 8 million customers visit our 16,000 service-stations all over the world. As the world’s number four in lubricants, we design and sell high-performance products for the automotive, industrial and maritime sectors. And to provide the best response to the needs of our B2B customers, we deploy our sales forces, our international logistics network and our diverse offering. We operate in 107 countries, where our 31,000 employees stand close to all of our customers.

About TotalEnergies

TotalEnergies is a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale: oil and biofuels, natural gas and green gases, renewables, and electricity. Our 105,000 employees are committed to energy that is ever more affordable, clean, reliable, and accessible to as many people as possible. Active in more than 130 countries, TotalEnergies puts sustainable development in all its dimensions at the heart of its projects and operations to contribute to the well-being of people.

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