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Ben McWilliams
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Affiliate Fellow, studying issues concerning all things (European) energy, climate and clean tech at the Bruegel think tank.
the second one, but also the language around 2035 vehicle CO2 regulations
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
yes, electric share is BEV + PHEV sum. You can decompose to see one or the other on the interactive page itself
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Ben McWilliams
Chinese automakers aren’t huge in Europe yet, but they’re rising fast:

🇨🇳 BYD holds a 1.22% market share across 31 European countries.
🇨🇳 MG (SAIC) follows with 2.3%.

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October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You can change in the side slider bar. But good point - we should update that, thanks
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Broken down further, the fossil fuel reduction is driven almost exclusively by coal and the renewables gain almost exclusively by wind
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
my understanding was their production is targeted toward semiconductor - but I do not know how easy/attractive it is to switch
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
but then even the ingot and wafer scenario implies importing polysilicon from China?
October 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by Ben McWilliams
So, the German IES is not a big competitiveness threat. But is it perhaps still a good tool for other member states to introduce? The answer is, quite simply: No.
Why? ➡️ They help climate (a little), but have limited benefits for the economy and resilience: (11/23)
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
different sources & methodologies so hard to draw too clear comparisons, but we see battery jobs growing up to 35k in 2024

european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/technology/b...
October 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
thanks, is this result of an industry survey or general population?
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM