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29/06/2021 12:25

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TotalEnergies and Uber Join Forces to Accelerate the Transition Towards
Electric Urban Mobility

 

TotalEnergies (Paris:TTE) (LSE:TTE) (NYSE:TTE) and Uber are partnering today
to accelerate the transition of Uber’s drivers towards electric mobility, by
providing support for vehicle conversion and easier access to charge points.
This partnership targets France at first, with the possibility to extend it to
other European countries.

Uber has set an objective to reach by 2025 50% of electric vehicles available
on its French platform, which currently has 30,000 registered drivers, as part
of its wider commitments to be fully electric across Europe and North America
by 2030. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies is already strongly involved in charging
services and infrastructures in major European cities and throughout France,
particularly in Paris.

TotalEnergies will therefore issue to drivers, currently using the Uber app
and equipped with electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles, a TotalEnergies card
giving them access to charge points located within its service-stations and
throughout the EV charging networks it operates. They will have access to
20,000 charge points in France by end-2021, and more than 75,000 by 2025. In
addition, TotalEnergies and Uber will collaborate, based on drivers’ habits
and journeys, to determine the optimal locations for future hubs and charging
sites.

These drivers will also be offered the opportunity to join “Club”,
TotalEnergies loyalty program, and benefit from the free Club assistance for a
full year, which includes a wide range of services including the roadside
assistance for their electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle.

Finally, drivers will have privileged access to an in-home offer with free
administrative support, designed to encourage the installation of an electric
charge point at home, whether they live in a condominium or in individual
housing.

"We are delighted with this collaboration to support drivers -and beyond that,
their customers- in their transition to more affordable, safer and accessible
electric mobility. Our commitment is to provide them with services that meet
their expectations, with the guarantee of an adapted charging network. We
share with Uber the same ambitions to achieve carbon neutrality and to
accompany cities in the transformation of mobility and the reduction of carbon
emissions." said Guillaume Larroque, Managing Director of TotalEnergies
Marketing France.

"This partnership with TotalEnergies is a cornerstone in our commitment to
reach 50% electric vehicles by 2025 and to support VTC drivers in their
transition to electric vehicles. The Company’s expertise and the coverage of
its charging network will help remove some of the obstacles that drivers may
encounter and will allow them to make the transition to electric vehicles more
serenely," said Laureline Serieys, General Manager for Uber in France.

Charging infrastructure: first obstacle to the transition to Electric Vehicle
for drivers

The lack of charging infrastructure is often quoted by drivers as a major
obstacle to the transition to electric vehicles. In Ile-de-France (France’s
largest region, which encompasses 12 million people, including Paris and all
its surrounding cities), for example, charging stations are currently
concentrated in the center of Paris and the inner suburbs, while only 12% of
drivers using the Uber application live within the city, compared to 41% in
the outer suburbs (‘’Départements’’ 77, 78, 91 and 95) and 22%, i.e.
the majority, live in Seine-Saint-Denis (Département 93).

A driver travels an average of 250 kilometers per day. The autonomy of
electric cars today allows them to cover this daily distance but having an
efficient network of charging stations that are accessible under good
conditions (location, recharging time, competitive prices) remains essential.
A driver should never have to refuse a ride for fear of running out of
battery.

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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.

About Uber

Uber’s mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010
to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to a ride at the touch of a
button? More than 10 billion trips later, we're building products to get
people closer to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and
things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new
possibilities

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TotalEnergies Contacts 

Media Relations: +33 1 47 44 46 99 l presse@totalenergies.com
(mailto:presse@totalenergies.com) l @TotalEnergiesPR

Investor Relations: +44 (0)207 719 7962 l ir@totalenergies.com
(mailto:ir@totalenergies.com)

Uber Contact 

Louise Pasin l lpasin@uber.com (mailto:lpasin@uber.com)



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