Decarbonizing commercial transportation industry| Low Carbon Solutions

The transportation industry is at a crossroads. To achieve emission reduction goals while continuing its vital role in getting people and goods where they need to go, the sector must innovate and evolve.

For passenger vehicles, ExxonMobil offers a range of products — including lightweight materials, advanced lubricants and fuels, electric vehicle lubricants, and critical elements like lithium — that improve performance, durability and efficiency to drive down emissions.

The commercial transportation industry, however, faces some unique hurdles on the path to reducing emissions. Heavy-duty trucks, aircraft and vessels require significant energy to get from point A to point B, making them a challenge to power with electricity, wind or solar. Instead, they require alternative fuel sources with high energy density. These fuel sources also must be consistently available and economically viable for customers that are making the switch from conventional to low-emission fuels.

Given these complex challenges, no single technology can get us to net zero.

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ExxonMobil provides a comprehensive mix of low-carbon energy products and solutions to support you on your path to a lower-emission future.

Advanced biofuels fact sheet

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How we're different: Practical solutions for heavy-duty transportation

Low Carbon Solutions is focused on delivering practical solutions to the commercial transportation sector that are lower-carbon alternatives to today's conventional fuels. Developed over decades of research, testing and technological breakthroughs, these products include hydrogen, lithium and advanced biofuels such as renewable diesel. The team is committed to ensuring these solutions are scalable to help you meet your energy transition goals. Here's what makes us different:

1. End-to-end approach

We offer a one-stop-shop, end-to-end approach of integrated solutions at scale.
2. Next-generation fuels

We're innovating next-generation low emission fuels.
3. Agile solutions

We are agile, responsive and flexible, providing solutions that adapt to meet our customers' emission-reduction goals and all government regulations.
4. Robust analysis

We look at the challenge from every angle, supporting our approach through robust technical and economic analysis.

Siva Ariyapadi

Global Business Manager, Bioenergy
ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions

More efficient, environmentally friendly lithium to meet EV targets

To address the auto industry's growing demand for lithium – a critical component of electric vehicle batteries – out team is developing an innovative production process that extracts the critical mineral from subsurface brine while minimizing emissions and environmental impact. Leveraging our decades-long relationships with auto manufacturers, we aim to consistently supply the growing EV market with sustainable, reliable and localized lithium volumes.

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Advanced biofuels pathway

Advanced biofuels pathway

Waste derived feedstock: Fuel is produced from a variety of waste streams including municipal, forestry, and other non-food biomass.

Biorefinery: Facility that converts biomass to energy and other beneficial byproducts.

Advanced biofuel tank: Houses liquid fuels that are generally derived from non-food based feedstocks. These fuels yield a lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 50% compared with fossil fuels.

Lower emissions: ExxonMobil is continuing to advance key projects that will reduce emissions, both for our own operations and for our customers.
Lithium pathway

Lithium pathway

Deep lithium-rich brines: Around the world some underground rock formations contain lithium-rich brine. Our existing capabilities in geoscience, reservoir engineering, drilling and production operations enable us to target the most advantaged brines and efficiently bring them to the surface to be processed.

Direct Lithium Extraction: Using Direct Lithium Extraction – a less carbon intensive method of production than hard rock mining¹ – we’re safely tapping into these sources to separate the lithium from brine. We then upgrade the lithium to battery-grade material. The process requires expertise in geoscience, reservoir engineering, chemical processing, and drilling and production – all areas ExxonMobil has decades of experience executing.

Electric vehicle (EV) batteries: We’re helping to meet our customers’ growing demand for lithium, a critical component of electronic vehicle (EV) batteries.

Passenger car: By 2030, we aim to produce enough lithium to supply the manufacturing needs of about 1 million EVs a year.

Lower emissions: Direct Lithium Extraction technology is shown to have lower carbon intensity compared to traditional mining methods. By providing a more reliable, less carbon intensive source of lithium for EVs, we strengthen the role of EVs in reducing transportation emissions.

¹ The CO₂ Impact of the 2020s Battery Quality Lithium Hydroxide Supply Chain — Jade Cove Partners

Advanced biofuels pathway

Waste derived feedstock: Fuel is produced from a variety of waste streams including municipal, forestry, and other non-food biomass.

Biorefinery: Facility that converts biomass to energy and other beneficial byproducts.

Advanced biofuel tank: Houses liquid fuels that are generally derived from non-food based feedstocks. These fuels yield a lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 50% compared with fossil fuels.

Lower emissions: ExxonMobil is continuing to advance key projects that will reduce emissions, both for our own operations and for our customers.

Lithium pathway

Deep lithium-rich brines: Around the world some underground rock formations contain lithium-rich brine. Our existing capabilities in geoscience, reservoir engineering, drilling and production operations enable us to target the most advantaged brines and efficiently bring them to the surface to be processed.

Direct Lithium Extraction: Using Direct Lithium Extraction – a less carbon intensive method of production than hard rock mining¹ – we’re safely tapping into these sources to separate the lithium from brine. We then upgrade the lithium to battery-grade material. The process requires expertise in geoscience, reservoir engineering, chemical processing, and drilling and production – all areas ExxonMobil has decades of experience executing.

Electric vehicle (EV) batteries: We’re helping to meet our customers’ growing demand for lithium, a critical component of electronic vehicle (EV) batteries.

Passenger car: By 2030, we aim to produce enough lithium to supply the manufacturing needs of about 1 million EVs a year.

Lower emissions: Direct Lithium Extraction technology is shown to have lower carbon intensity compared to traditional mining methods. By providing a more reliable, less carbon intensive source of lithium for EVs, we strengthen the role of EVs in reducing transportation emissions.

¹ The CO₂ Impact of the 2020s Battery Quality Lithium Hydroxide Supply Chain — Jade Cove Partners

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Global Business Manager, Hydrogen
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Supporting the transportation industry's commitment to reducing emissions

The transportation industry is at a crossroads. To achieve emission reduction goals while continuing its vital role in getting people and goods where they need to go, the sector must innovate and evolve.

Advanced biofuels fact sheet

How we're different: Practical solutions for heavy-duty transportation

1. End-to-end approach

2. Next-generation fuels

3. Agile solutions

4. Robust analysis

The biofuels advantage

More efficient, environmentally friendly lithium to meet EV targets

Contact the ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions team to learn how we can support your needs.

Advanced biofuels pathway

Lithium pathway

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