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AC DELCO, part of General Motors empire, is first company to mark( maintenance-free batterl Britain.
For the time being at le the Freedom battery impoi from the US will only be a.N. able on heavy and light c( mercial vehicles as a repk ment.
In the US, GM fit the uni original equipment, although it has been on 1 with British vehicle manui turers over the last n months, none has yet take up.
Construction features elude a shock resistant le of case and inside wrought calcium alloy grids which d the lead calcium plates. plates are low in antimony Ito cause gassing in a conitional battery during charg and subsequent water 'he unit, sealed for life, is d to be good for 300,000 iicle miles and has a shelf of about 12 months withrecharging if kept in ideal iditions at a temperature ween 0-27°C. Conventional teries have to be stored in a te of dry charge and reactied when required.
'here are other advantages ides savings in the cost of intenance. The unit can be ced in a less accessible ftion previously unaccept e to the conventional type, even the connection beten the stainless steel terla's and special cable ends ?.ds no attention once embled. The price is said to competitive with existing kes and all units carry a o year replacement wartty.
World-wide there are over million AC Delco mainteice batteries in operation. A ige of nine will be offered in tam n and, if successful, GM I look for manufacturing ilities in Europe.