Johnson Controls providing AGM batteries for Start-Stop F-150
12 January 2015
Johnson Controls is providing its advanced Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery technology to the all-new 2015 Ford F-150; this is Ford Motor Company’s first truck with Auto Start-Stop.
AGM batteries used in a Start-Stop system help reduce fuel consumption as the engine shuts off when the vehicle comes to a stop in traffic or at a red light. The battery keeps the vehicle’s accessories with electronic systems on, and then restarts the engine when the driver’s foot releases the brake pedal or engages the clutch.
The 2015 Ford F-150 became available to drivers in late 2014. In 2013, Johnson Controls began supplying batteries for Ford’s Fusion Auto Start-Stop vehicle.
Since 2007, Johnson Controls has produced 28 million AGM batteries. The company has the world’s largest production facility for AGM batteries in Zwickau, Germany, with other production locations in St. Joseph, Missouri; Toledo, Ohio; Changxing, China; Gumi, South Korea and Hannover, Germany.
Johnson Controls estimates the global Start-Stop market for new vehicles could reach 38 million annually by 2020.
Johnson Controls also makes the seats and supplies the interior hard trim for the 2015 Ford F-150.
Meanwhile the 200 mile EVs are coming. Maybe they're not luddites, but maybe leaddites.
Posted by: Brotherkenny4 | 12 January 2015 at 07:22 AM