Walmart has new auto battery maker

Ok, doing some research, AC Delco AKA GM batteries are made by Middle East Battery Co of Saudi Arabia in which Johnson Controls owns 49%. Motorcraft Batteries are all Johnson Crontrols AKA Clarios LLC. MOPAR batteries are also made by Clarios LLC as are Auto Zone Duralast. The only other wet cell automotive battery company I can find is East Penn making Duracell and Deka, Everstart, and many more. So in real life, it’s either Clarios or East Penn. Hope I didn’t mix them up.

Retired JSO wrote:
Ok, doing some research, AC Delco AKA GM batteries are made by Middle East Battery Co of Saudi Arabia in which Johnson Controls owns 49%. Motorcraft Batteries are all Johnson Crontrols AKA Clarios LLC. MOPAR batteries are also made by Clarios LLC as are Auto Zone Duralast. The only other wet cell automotive battery company I can find is East Penn making Duracell and Deka, Everstart, and many more. So in real life, it’s either Clarios or East Penn. Hope I didn’t mix them up.

Exide is also still in business.

Roger10378 wrote:
So you now have a 750CCA battery paired with a 850CCA battery? Sure sounds like a problem to me. Maybe you can get away with it in AZ. but I sure wouldn't want to try it anyplace that gets cold.

I'd be much more worried about the age difference. Especially since the old one had to live with a failed mate for some period of time.

Retired JSO wrote:
Ok, doing some research, AC Delco AKA GM batteries are made by Middle East Battery Co of Saudi Arabia in which Johnson Controls owns 49%. Motorcraft Batteries are all Johnson Crontrols AKA Clarios LLC. MOPAR batteries are also made by Clarios LLC as are Auto Zone Duralast. The only other wet cell automotive battery company I can find is East Penn making Duracell and Deka, Everstart, and many more. So in real life, it’s either Clarios or East Penn. Hope I didn’t mix them up.

Delco batteries for sale in the US are made here or in Mexico. Shipping lead from overseas is insanely expensive.

Trojan, Crown, US Battery, Enersys, Superior, Rolls (Canada), and Exide all make lead-acid batteries in North America.

I switched over to AAA batteries as I tired of dragging batteries into the store and back. Recently one in my Duramax failed, AAA

came out replaced both and prorated them for a discount. At around 130 a batteryI find it to be a good value. Trojan batteries for

my Class C worked well as house batteries but AAA for chassis.

jkwilson wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Ok, doing some research, AC Delco AKA GM batteries are made by Middle East Battery Co of Saudi Arabia in which Johnson Controls owns 49%. Motorcraft Batteries are all Johnson Crontrols AKA Clarios LLC. MOPAR batteries are also made by Clarios LLC as are Auto Zone Duralast. The only other wet cell automotive battery company I can find is East Penn making Duracell and Deka, Everstart, and many more. So in real life, it’s either Clarios or East Penn. Hope I didn’t mix them up.

Delco batteries for sale in the US are made here or in Mexico. Shipping lead from overseas is insanely expensive.

Trojan, Crown, US Battery, Enersys, Superior, Rolls (Canada), and Exide all make lead-acid batteries in North America.

Still Johnson Controls. They have been buying up battery manufacturing plant and brands world wide.

klutchdust wrote:
I switched over to AAA batteries as I tired of dragging batteries into the store and back. Recently one in my Duramax failed, AAA

came out replaced both and prorated them for a discount. At around 130 a batteryI find it to be a good value. Trojan batteries for

my Class C worked well as house batteries but AAA for chassis.

How many AAA batteries does it take to replace one deep cycle? Hope you got rechargeable ones...LOL

Don't remember who but not too long ago there was only one wet cell battery made here in the U.S. The plant was in the State of New York, not too far from the Canadian border.

Retired JSO wrote:

jkwilson wrote:

Retired JSO wrote:
Ok, doing some research, AC Delco AKA GM batteries are made by Middle East Battery Co of Saudi Arabia in which Johnson Controls owns 49%. Motorcraft Batteries are all Johnson Crontrols AKA Clarios LLC. MOPAR batteries are also made by Clarios LLC as are Auto Zone Duralast. The only other wet cell automotive battery company I can find is East Penn making Duracell and Deka, Everstart, and many more. So in real life, it’s either Clarios or East Penn. Hope I didn’t mix them up.

Delco batteries for sale in the US are made here or in Mexico. Shipping lead from overseas is insanely expensive.

Trojan, Crown, US Battery, Enersys, Superior, Rolls (Canada), and Exide all make lead-acid batteries in North America.

Still Johnson Controls. They have been buying up battery manufacturing plant and brands world wide.

All of the above are independent companies with the exception of Delco.

When JCI bought Delphi’s battery manufacturing business in 2006, they got partial rights to use the ACDelco name on batteries. But they don’t really use the name. The ACDelco batteries used in GM vehicles and the Voyager deep-cycles are made by Clarios, but GM can have anybody make ACDelco batteries because they retained full rights to the brand. They do have Exide manufacture deep-cycle ACDelco batteries under the Voyager II name. It’s easy to identify the Clarios batteries with their bevel corner vent caps.

Grit dog wrote:

How many AAA batteries does it take to replace one deep cycle? Hope you got rechargeable ones...LOL

12V/1.5V per battery= 8 batteries. I think I would step up to AAs, though.:)