[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
On April 16, 2026, the 540 MW wind solar hydrogen to methanol integrated project in Guazhou, Gansu started construction, with a total investment of 5.5 billion yuan and an annual output of over 20000 tons of green hydrogen and 250000 tons of green methanol.Editor/Gao Xue
On April 20, 2026, the Qinghai Zhaorui Sodium Ion Battery and Energy Storage Equipment Project started construction in Haidong, with a total investment of 5.8 billion yuan and a planned battery cell and energy storage capacity of 5 gigawatt hours each.Editor/Gao Xue