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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1h

Succes!

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 2h

"🚗 During September, 88,800 new models from Chinese manufacturers entered the Western European new passenger car market, accounting for a record 8% market share and surpassing the 86,700 models from Korean manufacturers, translating to a 7.8% share of the 1.11 million total market."

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · 2h

"🇨🇳 🇰🇷 🇪🇺 Chinese new car volumes outpaced Korean models across Western Europe for the first time during September, according to exclusive @autoschmidt.bsky.social research"

#alwaysbecharging
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 6h

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Emil Dimanchev @emildimanchev.bsky.social · 17h

This meme is our research to a T.

John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 18h

What should dashboards default to? LRMER for planning; SRMER for ops. Change my mind 👇 #EnergyTwitter #EVs #LCA #ModelingMonday @emildimanchev.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com 12/

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 18h

The Maison Saint-Cyr, Brussels' favourite art-nouveau centrefold, is for sale.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 19h

Restaurant van de Franse senaat, Jardin du Luxembourg

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

However, the tax benefits accruing to gasoline PHEVs are based on test cycle CO2 emissions, while the emissions in real driving conditions can be considerably higher. This raises the question whether the cost of the fiscal benefits going to gasoline PHEVs are worth the environmental benefits

laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

But, as the tax advantage enjoyed by employees who can use the company car for private purposes also depends on a car’s CO2 emissions, using the “extended cost of ownership” concept leads to a dramatic improvement in the relative position of gasoline PHEVs, even compared to electric cars. /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

If we consider the cost of ownership after taxes from a strict accounting perspective, the fiscal treatment of company cars clearly benefits electric cars and gasoline PHEVs, as the deductibility of car costs in corporate taxation depends on the car’s CO2 emissions. /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

The set of cars with the lowest pre-tax cost of ownership is still mostly composed of gasoline cars (and, to a lesser extent, of diesel cars). Gasoline PHEVs and electric cars have the highest pre-tax cost of ownership in most market segments, BUT /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

Also, contrary to most studies, I do not look at just a few "representative " car models per powertrain, but I compare how the complete distribution of cost of ownership for car models sold in Belgium is affected. /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

The key contribution of this paper is an “extended cost of ownership” indicator that takes into account that the benefit-in-kind enjoyed by employees who can use a company car for private purposes is taxed at a lower rate than wage income. /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

The Belgian tax code has already introduced incentives that promote the purchases of cars with low CO2 emissions. However, the integration of the specific tax advantages enjoyed by company cars is seldom considered in a cost of ownership analysis./

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

Second, why the focus on company cars? In Belgium, company cars currently make up more than 50 % of new car sales but most are sold on to private households within three to four years and have important long-term impacts on the overall environmental performance of the Belgian car fleet. /

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 20h

I am going to try to summarize the paper in case you don't have the time to read it from A to Z. First, why do cost of ownership studies matter? Well, the capital costs of electric vehicles remain a key barrier to their adoption, but one should also consider their lower running costs. /

laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 5d

My paper "Tax benefits for users of company cars: How do they affect the cost of ownership for the employer?" has been published on-line in European Transport Studies. It is available in free access. Work performed at the Federal Planning Bureau.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Tax benefits for users of company cars: How do they affect the cost of ownership for the employer?

I present a cost of ownership (from the perspective of the employer) analysis of leased company cars sold in Belgium in 2023, both before and after ta…

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 21h

I would definitely recommend "A Culture of Growth". "The Lever of Riches" is also non-technical but a more arduous read. I have also heard very good things about "The Gifts of Athena" but haven't read it myself.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

Innovation is at the center of economic growth. Congratulations to three who’ve taught us so much.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 1d

Great choices. Love that they paired theorists with an economic historian. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/b...

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

Mokyr has written several books on the history of innovation and progress that are perfectly accessible to non-economists, by the way.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work explaining how innovation can drive economic growth. on.ft.com/3WEvVZq

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d

Breaking news: The 2025 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for their work explaining how innovation can drive economic growth. on.ft.com/3WEvVZq

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

The bride of Frankenstein?

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

The cruelty is the point

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 2d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

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