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Batteries
Motorbikes go maintenance free
9 February 2015Battery manufacturer Yuasa has introduced an absorbed glass matt (AGM) battery specially designed to replace the conventional lead-acid batteries supplied as OE on BMW motorcycles. Read More
Battery analyser
4 February 2015This new Smart Battery Charger from Ring is unique, in that it is an ‘intelligent’ battery charger and battery analyser in one and a range… Read More
OE range now available
11 December 2014Exide’s range of Start-Stop batteries are now available to the aftermarket and include all the same features as its existing OE line. The AGM battery… Read More
Portable Power
13 October 2014Today’s smartphones have a habit of draining their batteries quicker than a technician can drain a sump. Therefore being away from a power point can… Read More
Conventional batteries boosted by new tech
9 October 2014The new Exide Premium battery will now charge up to 1.5 times faster thanks to Carbon Boost technology which was developed for its Start Stop… Read More
Original battery spec
18 August 2014Five models now feature in the Power Bull Pro range from Banner Batteries, covering over 80% of the European car parc. The units are made… Read More
The growing trend of Advanced Glass Mat
5 August 2014Three new AGM part numbers have been introduced to ACDelco’s battery programme to complete its range of SMF batteries. The parts cover 447 vehicle applications… Read More
Revive discharged cells
24 July 2014The Multi XS 25000 Extended is a rather clunky name for a nifty 25A smart battery charger from CTEK. It uses an eight-stage process to… Read More
