(Yicai Global) June 3 -- Suning.Com, China's home appliance retail giant, has  added 100 new energy vehicles to its logistics fleet in Beijing on its  journey toward a more environmentally friendly delivery model. 

Suning.Com will begin  using 5,000 logistics NEVs in 100 cities nationwide, including  Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shenyang and Haikou, this  year in order to gradually replace fuel cell vehicles, Sina Technology  website reported. The 100 cars represent 2 percent of the target.

The vehicles are mainly  vans that have an average daily mileage of 170 kilometers and thereby  each of them will save about 15 liters of gasoline per day. The group of  100 will reduce carbon emissions by 1,500 tons a year.

The Nanjing-headquartered  retailer hinted about the plan already at the end of last year. It also  aims to set up 5,000 recycling stations for packaging materials to  reduce waste. 

Editor: Emmi Laine