Whether it's for transportation, construction, or maintaining our vital infrastructure, commercial vehicles need rugged and dependable battery power.

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Market Facts: 

• Large market segment covering short and long-haul trucks, construction equipment, off-road transport (i.e. logging trucks), and buses.
• Most prevalent battery is the Group size 31, often with three or four connected in parallel.
• Due to anti-idling legislation and increasing fuel costs, over-the-road trucks are increasingly dependent on batteries for their overnight, creature comfort “hotel loads”.
• As operating and maintenance costs are critical, as well as impending legislation, commercial vehicle manufacturers are investing heavily in evaluating and developing new technologies, including hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.
• Reliability is a major consideration as failure / downtime is extremely costly.
• Vibration resistance is critical, especially in off-road and equipment applications.

Firefly Value Proposition: 

• Continuous power through discharge process for deep cycle “hotel loads”.
• Capability for fast recharge to full capacity.
• Highly resistant to vibration. 
• Higher retention of capacity in cold temperature starting applications.
• Firefly offers a lower-cost option to exotic advanced-technology (nickel metal hydride and lithium ion) batteries in hybrid vehicle applications.

Original Equipment Market Annual Units (N. America):  1.8 million

Replacement Market Annual Units (N. America):  9 million