[Mgb-v8] Batteries

[James Bown]

The original message brought into question batteries from Sears, Walmart,
K-Mart, etc.Those stores and others get their batteries from Johnson
Controls.This blurb regarding Johnson Controls is interesting:"Johnson
Controls designs and manufactures automotive batteries for passenger cars,
heavy and light duty trucks, utility vehicles, motorcycles, golf carts and
boats. It supplies more than one third of the worlds lead-acid batteries to
automakers and aftermarket
retailers including Wal-Mart, Sears and BMW. Lead
acid battery brands produced
by Johnson Controls include OPTIMA, Heliar, LTH,
and VARTA automotive batteries.
Johnson Controls also manufactures Lithium-ion
cells and complete battery
systems to power hybrid and electric vehicles such
as the Ford Fusion and Daimlers S-Class 400. Additionally, it manufactures
Absorbent Glass Matt (AGM) and Enhanced Flooded Batteries (EFB) batteries to
power start-stop vehicles such as
the Chevy Malibu and Ford Fusion. As
of
2012, the business unit operated from 60 locations worldwide. "