Global electric vehicle sales fall

Scholar power: 134.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard Baldwin	43%	108	134.1%

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46.0%

15.3 h

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134.1%

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0.174

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Reposted by Mark Rice, Zen Faulkes

17%

Scholar power: 17.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mark Rice	32%	26	16.3%
🎓 Zen Faulkes	2%	19	0.9%
Total			17.2%

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59.0%

23.1 h

2647

17.2%

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0.125

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mtsw

@mtsw.bsky.social

I don't think most Americans understand yet what a global laggard the USA is turning into here. Media instead told us that electric vehicles were a fad that didn't work.

John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 1d

Nepal passed 5% battery electric vehicle share in August 2021 and is at 75%. The U.S. passed 5% in October 2022 and is at 6%.

October 15, 2026 at 9:52 PM

by John Bistline Reposted by Bill Hare, Mark Lubell

42%

Scholar power: 42.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 John Bistline	17%	33	29.3%
🎓 Bill Hare	16%	36	9.6%
🎓 Mark Lubell	5%	63	4.0%
Total			42.9%

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48.0%

25.4 h

704

42.9%

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0.093

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John Bistline

@bistline.bsky.social

Nepal passed 5% battery electric vehicle share in August 2021 and is at 75%. The U.S. passed 5% in October 2022 and is at 6%.

October 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM

by Paolo Crosetto

32%

Scholar power: 32.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Paolo Crosetto	23%	22	32.4%

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53.0%

8.6 h

0

32.4%

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0.053

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Paolo Crosetto

@paolocrosetto.bsky.social

The ironic thing about it all is that the European car market *will* electrify very fast irrespective of all these gimmicks.

"You had a choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war" - just replace ICE and EVs.

Plus the tech transition will belong even more to China.

October 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM

Reposted by Peter Stegmaier

3%

Scholar power: 3.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Peter Stegmaier	10%	15	3.9%

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62.0%

12.1 h

248

3.9%

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0.028

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Michael Kellner

@mikellner.bsky.social

E-Autos drücken schon jetzt unsere Ölimporte nach unten: 760 Mio. € an Ölimporten, die allein in Deutschland zwischen März und August von E-Autos überflüssig gemacht wurden. Genau so muss es laufen. 1/2

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October 16, 2026 at 8:51 AM

by John Bistline

29%

Scholar power: 29.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 John Bistline	17%	33	29.3%

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49.0%

25.3 h

119

29.3%

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0.027

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John Bistline

@bistline.bsky.social

This is based on data from from the terrific new @ember-energy.org EV sales data tracker: ember-energy.org/data/ev-sale...

October 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM

by Dean Baker

57%

Scholar power: 57.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dean Baker	42%	21	57.7%

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49.0%

28.2 h

1

57.7%

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0.024

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by Giulio Mattioli

17%

Scholar power: 17.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Giulio Mattioli	11%	29	17.8%

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48.0%

8.2 h

4

17.8%

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0.021

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Giulio Mattioli

@giuliomattioli.bsky.social

The European automotive industry has invested less than its competitors for a long time, preferring to increase its financial reserves...

October 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM

Reposted by Benjamin Hansen

7%

Scholar power: 7.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Benjamin Hansen	14%	27	7.3%

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50.0%

27.9 h

82

7.3%

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0.014

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by Lieven Bervoets

12%

Scholar power: 12%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Lieven Bervoets	-	62	-

Lieven Bervoets

@lievenbervoets.bsky.social

Positief, maar nog beter is minder auto's en meer (elektrisch) OV.

October 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM

by Alan Clarke

8%

Scholar power: 8.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Alan Clarke	6%	24	8.8%

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47.0%

10.7 h

2

8.8%

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0.008

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Alan Clarke

@alanclarke.bsky.social

High speed rail
230v house electrics
SI units
Universal health care
Gun control
Single stack drainage

October 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM

Reposted by Tim Bale

3%

Scholar power: 3.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tim Bale	5%	35	3.0%

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53.0%

12.5 h

16

3.0%

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0.005

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Richard Dubourg

@richarddubourg.bsky.social

So much for the twice-yearly registration smoothing out demand.

Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 11d

EVs in the UK are "running out of juice"...except they're not..and never were.

Again and again, critics have doubted EVs, yet the market simply keeps on growing.

[Original graphic by Carbon Brief, annotations added later]

October 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM

by Steve Peers

10%

Scholar power: 10.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	7%	27	10.9%

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46.0%

28.9 h

3

10.9%

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0.003

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

Or frankly, more immediately to help the German car industry

October 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Reposted by Steven French

0%

Scholar power: 0.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 40%, Business 35%, Energy 15%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steven French	0%	45	0.0%

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46.0%

21.7 h

5

0.0%

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0.001

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Morgan Golf-French

@zenothankyou.bsky.social

Important context here is that in Nepal non-electric cars face import taxes of 200-317%, while EVs taxes range from 15%-130%.

The high import tax is why so much of Nepali traffic is two-wheelers – only the wealthy can afford cars at all, so the huge tax disparity mitigates the higher cost of EVs.

John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 1d

Nepal passed 5% battery electric vehicle share in August 2021 and is at 75%. The U.S. passed 5% in October 2022 and is at 6%.

October 15, 2026 at 11:19 PM

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