[UK businesses plan to invest £13.6bn in electric vehicles by 2022]The poll was conducted with representatives of 200 UK businesses of different sizes and industries responsible for fleets. All companies represented reported a turnover in excess of £1m in the last financial year and operated at least one vehicle. UKPlc's total investment will reach £11.6 billion. That was below the £15.8bn it had been hoping for, as challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, chip shortages and rising costs of living created complications. Editor/Xing Wentao
The first test pile for the NZSG-05 locomotive and vehicle depot of the newly built Zhengzhou South Station has officially started drilling recently, marking the comprehensive construction of the site. The project is located in Mengzhuang Town, Xinzheng City, and is one of the largest comprehensive bases for conventional vehicles in the Central Plains region. It adopts a three in one centralized layout to create a 4S maintenance base for conventional buses. The project team completed all construction preparations in advance, and after passing the supervision acceptance, drilling began to lay a solid foundation for subsequent batch construction. Editor/Cheng Liting
The key LNG equipment automation production project at the municipal level in the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Airport Area has officially started construction. The project is invested and constructed by Baiyan Technology, a leading enterprise in the LNG equipment field. It mainly produces complete sets of gas station equipment, storage tanks, and supporting pipelines. It will build new production workshops, comprehensive service buildings, and other supporting facilities, and introduce automation equipment such as robot welding and laser high-precision cutting. It is expected to be completed and put into operation in the first half of 2027. After production, it will further improve the layout of the regional port suitable energy equipment industry. Editor/Cheng Liting