[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

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• 2026.03.13 11:33
• [Colin Electric and Intelligent Interconnection Reached Strategic Cooperation]
• Colin Electric and Intelligent Communication Technology Co., Ltd. recently signed a strategic cooperation and mutual procurement framework agreement in Colin Industrial Park, Shijiazhuang. Both parties announced that they will carry out in-depth cooperation around AI high-precision sensing products, charging piles, and new energy products, integrate their respective technology and market advantages, and jointly explore the global new energy market. Liu Guojun, General Manager of Colin Electric's Intelligent Electricity Business Unit, and Zhang Dong, General Manager of the New Energy Business Unit, attended the signing ceremony.Editor/Yang Meiling

• 2026.03.13 11:32
• [CEE6.9 billion centralized procurement and energy storage battery cells]
• China Electric Equipment Group recently launched a large-scale centralized procurement of energy storage batteries. The product purchased this time is 314 ampere hour lithium iron phosphate battery cells, with an estimated total purchase of approximately 19.80 gigawatt hours and a purchase amount of approximately 6.9 billion yuan. Based on this calculation, the purchase price of battery cells is approximately 0.3484 yuan/watt hour.Editor/Yang Meiling