Intralink Insights

Tommy Shiekman, Automotive & Mobility specialist at Intralink, tells us why Asia offers huge prospects for western innovators in electric vehicle tech.

Japan has set a bold target to be carbon neutral by 2050 – but it can’t achieve this alone and is looking to the west for its expertise in sustainability and greentech.

This year - the 10th anniversary of Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami – has not only brought back vivid memories of working in our Tokyo office that day, and what happened in the months that followed.

South Korea recently announced its hydrogen economy roadmap. It underlines a great determination to shift large swathes of its economy to hydrogen energy by 2040 — from power and heat generation to passenger and freight transport.

A staggering 10% of China’s surface water is severely contaminated and defined as an ‘Inferior Grade V’ waterbody, according to 2016 government data.

In the heart of the country that invented the word “entrepreneur”, VivaTech, one of the largest startup events in Europe, kicked off last Thursday, welcoming more than 100,000 visitors from over 100 countries.