A schematic of silicotungstic acid–mediated H2 evolution from water. At the anode, H2O is split into O2, protons, and electrons, while the mediator is reversibly reduced and protonated at the cathode in preference to direct production of H2. The reduced H6[SiW12O40] (dark blue) is then transferred to a separate chamber for H2 evolution over a suitable catalyst and without additional energy input after two-electron reduction of the mediator to H6[SiW12O40].
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European automakers reduce company-owned dealerships
Volkswagen Group has Europe’s biggest company-owned dealership network even as the automaker and its rivals attempt to reduce the number of their wholly owned retail outlets.
VW owns 564 dealerships across Europe, 214 more than Emil Frey, which has the largest number of franchise points among independent dealer groups, according to data from UK-based auto retail analyst ICDP.
Tesla shares Tumble After Analyst Raises Cautions About Growth
By Keith Naughton
One of Tesla’s strongest supporters on Wall Street issued a cautious report on the maker of luxury electric cars today, sending its shares skidding 9.1 percent.
ZF to purchase TRW for $105.60 a share
German partsmaker ZF Friedrichshafen has reached a deal to buy U.S.-based TRW Automotive Holdings for $105.60 a share, completing a supply chain megadeal that has been in the works since mid-July.The transaction will create the world’s second-largest auto supplier with pro forma combined revenue of about €30 billion ($41 billion) and 138,000 employees, ZF and TRW said in separate statements.
Tesla’s Nevada ‘gigafactory’ FAQs
By SCOTT SONNER
Now that Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed into law a package of incentives for Tesla Motors worth up to $1.3 billion, the electric-car maker is moving ahead with plans to build a $5 billion lithium battery factory expected to open in 2017 and employ 6,500 workers to make cheaper batteries so it can afford to mass market a new line of more affordable vehicles.
