EnerSys will feature its full portfolio of Odyssey batteries for heavy-duty applications at the American Trucking Association (ATA) Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) 2023 annual meeting and transportation technology exhibition.
Dave McMullen, senior director of global marketing, transportation and specialty at EnerSys, said the heavy-duty application batteries offer multiple benefits to fleet operators.
“Virtually maintenance-free and engineered with proprietary Thin Plate Pure Lead technology for greater surface area and deep-cycling capacity,” McMullen said, “they are the ideal power solution for drivers dealing with idling restrictions or seeking to achieve less manual labor requirements and frequent battery replacements.”
Odyssey Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) batteries are engineered with pure lead plates. The plates can be made thinner than conventional flooded lead acid batteries’ plates, so more fit into the same size footprint to provide greater surface area.
The combination enables more electrochemical reactions with the electrolyte to produce more power than battery chemistries of comparable size, EnerSys said.
In addition to greater starting power, EnerSys said Odyssey batteries provide deep cycling reserve power, with engine cranking pulses up to 3,125 amps for five seconds, double the amount of equally sized conventional lead acid batteries.
The batteries feature a two-year storage life at 77 degrees Fahrenheit, or 25 degrees Celsius, and are available in sizes with cold cranking amps (CCA) as high as 2,250.
