is a company that makes lead acid automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 and motorcycle

Motorcycle

A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...

 batteries

Battery (electricity)

An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...

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Yuasa's history in the U.S. only

Yuasa formed a joint-venture company with General Battery Corporation in 1976. Yuasa manufactured its first battery in 1979 in the United States, producing standard conventional and Yumicron 12 volt batteries.

Yuasa developed a maintenance free and gas recombination battery for powersports vehicles in the early 1980s, and the first AGM battery, intended for ATV applications.

Yuasa was sold by General Battery Corporation to Exide Corporation in 1987 to form Yuasa/Exide Battery Corporation. Yuasa/Exide then purchased Exide's Industrial Division to become Yuasa Inc. in 1991.

After selling off its industrial division to Enersys

EnerSys

EnerSys is a manufacturer of batteries for motive power, reserve power, aerospace, and defense applications. It operates in over 100 countries worldwide, with over 25% market share worldwide with US $2 billion in revenue....

 in 2000, Yuasa Inc. changed its name to Yuasa Battery Inc. In 2004, Yuasa Japan merged with Japan Storage Battery to form GS Yuasa Corporation.

Now the top power sports battery producer, Yuasa provides nearly 90% of the batteries used in power sport vehicles in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

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External links

• GS Yuasa Corporation
• GS Yuasa Lithium Power (USA)
• Yuasa Corporation (Japan) (in Japanese)
• Yuasa Batteries, Inc. (United States)
• History.
• GS Yuasa to provide batteries for Hybrid Cars.
• Mitsubishi forms JV with GS Yuasa to build lithium ion batteries.
• GS Yuasa Selected as Supplier of Li-ion cells for RBSP Mission