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Originally Posted by KS circutguy
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36 months is better than 42 months?
There are three main car battery manufacturers with operations in the US alone. Clarios (formerly Johnson Controls) is the largest, Exide and East Penn.
Clarios makes many of the Interstate brand in Mexico. Clarios ACDelcos are made in St. Joseph, MO (Gold and Silver). ACDelco Advantage are made in South Korea. Clarios also produces batteries in China, Germany, and Brazil.
Yuasa is number 2, but has no US plants for car batteries, but their powersports batteries are made in PA.
Exide batteries are made in the US and Europe.
East Penn batteries are made in PA and IA.
And I haven't delved in to batteries made in China yet...
And having been through the plant in St. Joseph, MO, I can tell you that batteries made there for the different brands (Motorcraft, ACDelco, Interstate (at the time) and many others are all built to different specs, per the brands request.
Walmart has things built to their own specs to save money by having lower specs so they can offer low prices. You get what you pay for.