Clarios

Clarios is a commercial company focused on batteries and low-voltage power systems for transportation. Its stated mission is to create batteries for the evolving future of transportation. The company serves both original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the automotive aftermarket, with offerings spanning battery products, vehicle power-system architectures, and connected services. Its battery portfolio includes absorbent glass mat (AGM), standard flooded, enhanced flooded, lithium-ion, and sodium-ion technologies, as well as supercapacitors. The company describes AGM batteries as suited to vehicles with rising electrical demands, including start-stop systems, electrified platforms, and safety technologies. Its flooded-battery offerings address conventional vehicles and basic start-stop applications. Clarios also presents its portfolio as chemistry-agnostic: rather than relying on a single battery chemistry, it develops technologies and systems for different vehicle requirements. Beyond individual batteries, Clarios is developing low-voltage architectures that can include multiple batteries and system integration. Its website describes connected services for software-defined vehicles, using AI-driven insights and integration with vehicle systems. The company’s stated direction therefore extends from battery manufacturing toward integrated low-voltage systems, electronics, software, and battery intelligence for mobility and fleet operations. Clarios describes lead-acid battery development as an area of more than 130 years of experience and says it introduced the first AGM battery to the automotive market in 2001. Its sodium-ion work includes a partnership with Altris; the website also reports collaboration with Altris and InoBat to advance sodium-ion technology toward industrialization. The company’s current public messaging emphasizes battery performance, sustainable materials and recycling, system reliability, and the changing electrical needs of modern vehicles. The supplied evidence does not establish its headquarters, founding date, ownership, or named leadership.

Clarios presents its business as rooted in the development of lead-acid batteries, an area in which it says it has more than 130 years of experience. The supplied company material does not identify the date the Clarios company itself was founded or detail the history of its corporate ownership, so that broader corporate timeline cannot be established from the available evidence. A dated product milestone on the company’s AGM page is its introduction of the first absorbent glass mat (AGM) battery to the automotive market in 2001. Clarios describes AGM batteries as a response to growing vehicle electrical demands, including the requirements of start-stop systems, electrified platforms, and safety technologies. Its product information emphasizes durability, reliable performance under demanding loads, and support for cycling and recharge conditions. The company’s portfolio also includes standard and enhanced flooded batteries. Clarios describes standard flooded batteries as serving traditional vehicles and basic starting needs, while enhanced flooded products are intended for basic start-stop vehicles. The company highlights PowerFrame grid technology on its flooded-battery page and states that battery materials can be recycled; the supplied excerpt gives a 99% recyclability claim for materials used in its batteries. Clarios describes its more recent direction in terms of systems as well as battery products. Its homepage presents multi-battery, low-voltage architectures, a chemistry-agnostic approach, and integration with software and electronics. It also describes connected services for software-defined vehicles, including AI-driven insights. These statements indicate a stated strategy of addressing vehicle power needs through integrated systems and services in addition to individual battery technologies. Sodium-ion technology is another area of development. Clarios says it has partnered with Altris to bring sodium-ion solutions to the low-voltage automotive market, drawing on Clarios’ low-voltage-system expertise and Altris’ sodium-ion technology. The company describes the chemistry as using abundant materials and being free of conflict minerals, and says the technology is being developed for vehicle systems with potential up to 60 volts. Its homepage also lists a press release describing Clarios, Altris, and InoBat advancing sodium-ion technology toward industrialization. The supplied sources do not provide the date of that announcement or establish a commercial launch date for sodium-ion products. The available company material thus documents a history of battery development, a specific 2001 AGM milestone, and an ongoing expansion of the described portfolio into low-voltage architectures, connected services, and emerging battery chemistries. It does not substantiate a founding year, founder, headquarters, ownership history, or executive roster.

• 2001

  Introduced an AGM battery to the automotive market

  [2]AGM Automotive Batteries | Clariosclarios.com

A transportation battery and low-voltage systems supplier serving automotive OEMs and the aftermarket, with a portfolio spanning established battery chemistries, emerging technologies, system integration, and connected services.

• AGM automotive batteries

  Designed for demanding vehicle electrical loads, including start-stop systems, electrified platforms, and safety technologies.

• Flooded automotive batteries

  Standard and enhanced flooded batteries serve traditional vehicles and basic start-stop applications.

• Sodium-ion automotive batteries

  In development for the low-voltage automotive market with Altris.

• Battery systems and connected services

  The homepage describes low-voltage multi-battery systems, system integration, and connected services for software-defined vehicles.

• 2020

  California files Exide cleanup cost-recovery lawsuit against former operators and waste companies

  California filed a lawsuit alleging that three companies or their corporate successors that formerly owned or operated the Exide Technologies battery recycling plant, and seven companies or successors that sent hazardous waste there or arranged for its treatment or disposal, are liable for cleaning up pollution under federal Superfund law. The state seeks to recover more than $136 million already spent on cleanup, plus future cleanup costs. The suit names NL Industries, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, Gould Electronics, Kinsbursky Bros., Trojan Battery Co., Ramcar Batteries, Clarios, Quemetco, International Metals Ekco and Blount.

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• Develop low-voltage sodium-ion technology with AltrisOther

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• 2020-12-14

  California files Exide cleanup cost-recovery lawsuit against former operators and waste companies[5]California files Exide cleanup cost-recovery lawsuit against former operators and waste companieslatimes.com

  Reported: 2020-12-19

  California filed a lawsuit alleging that three companies or their corporate successors that formerly owned or operated the Exide Technologies battery recycling plant, and seven companies or successors that sent hazardous waste there or arranged for its treatment or disposal, are liable for cleaning up pollution under federal Superfund law. The state seeks to recover more than $136 million already spent on cleanup, plus future cleanup costs. The suit names NL Industries, JX Nippon Mining & Metals, Gould Electronics, Kinsbursky Bros., Trojan Battery Co., Ramcar Batteries, Clarios, Quemetco, International Metals Ekco and Blount.

1. 1Powering Performance and Possibility | Clariosclarios.com
2. 2AGM Automotive Batteries | Clariosclarios.com
3. 3Flooded Automotive Batteries | Clariosclarios.com
4. 4Sodium-Ion Automotive Batteries | Clariosclarios.com
5. 5California files Exide cleanup cost-recovery lawsuit against former operators and waste companieslatimes.com