You can do things the American Way. Don't buy something absurd. If it's a politician **** can it the next election. Battery life is not a stable commodity. Hot climates like southern Florida eat batteries. So do cars that take 8 seconds of cranking rather than three and then run to the store 5 minutes, hairdresser 2 minutes, gossip eight minutes, the mall six minutes then back home. AGM is still a very minor player in the engine starting battery world.
Back in the day an ambulance company owner asked me about the short life of his E350 batteries. I reduced acid density from 1.285 to 1.265 for his replacements (tropical blend) -- ambulances are left running at scene. I lost track because his purchases were reduced from around 2 years to four years plus. I have no idea how much plus. Summers there were commonly 110F.
What I do know is when my radiator fan quit waiting in line at the border and I had to use dozens of restarts, my fuel economy was a catastrophe. I wonder what would happen if I demanded a White Paper with proven statistics? My BS sniffer is pretty sophisticated and I smell long-haired and bearded collusion between OEM and Kumbayah in this..
Long term infrastructure public utilities applications take decades to run their course. From zoning to funding to environmental impact reports. Where is the evidence trail of this in California? There isn't any. You folks are being sold a load of krap. Hundreds of Gigawatts of new energy sources and PG&E is being broken up.
