TotalEnergies to introduce a 100% renewable fuel for racing

The new fuel will be used at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and at the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC)

TotalEnergies is developing a 100% renewable fuel for motorsport competition that will be introduced from next season at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2022.

This 100% renewable fuel to be offered by TotalEnergies will be produced on bioethanol basis, made from wine residues from the French agricultural industry, and from ETBE produced at TotalEnergies' Feyzin refinery near Lyon (France) from feedstock also sourced from by the circular economy. This fuel should allow an immediate reduction of at least 65% of the racing cars’ CO2 emissions.

Named “Excellium Racing 100”, this fuel opens a new chapter in the Endurance racing and motorsport energy transition for all the actors involved, according to TotalEnergies. This team has designed “Excellium Endurance”, the fuel used this year for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2021 which already includes 10% of advanced bioethanol.

"TotalEnergies is supporting its customers and partners in their evolutions, by thus applying its strategy to motorsport: sustainable liquid fuels, electricity, batteries, hybridization, hydrogen... Advanced biofuels have an undeniable part to play in helping the transport sector to reduce its CO2 emissions immediately. This 100% renewable fuel, that will be made available in motor racing as soon as 2022, is a perfect illustration,” declared Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies.

Since 2018, TotalEnergies is the partner and official fuel supplier of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (A.C.O.), creator and organizer of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.