After testing every battery, support every battery, says Veloris’ Andy Waite, as he follows up with Silver Street Motors, a garage which has been doing just that. Despite the proven revenue generating opportunities, not to mention the reputational benefits that come with it, there are many independent workshops that are still not proactively testing the ...

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Following its sale from the Ecobat Group and a subsequent review of its position in and value to the market, the independent battery distributor will now go by Veloris. As it continues its journey, which began more than 70 years ago, Veloris reportedly remains committed to delivering energy with certainty for its customers across multiple ...

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The PMM Awards return for 2025, highlighting the standout articles that shaped the year. Read on to see which features earned top honours! Who, what, where, when and why: Anyone will these are the essentials to building a compelling story. Establish the facts, bring the reader along with you and steadily heighten the drama until ...

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Silver Street Motors proves Ecobat Battery’s test every battery message.  Bearing in mind the demands that batteries are under, particularly in more modern vehicles, and that they remain the root cause of many roadside breakdowns, Ecobat Battery, the UK’s largest battery distributor, has long championed the ‘test every battery’ message to independent workshops, not only ...

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Ecobat Battery has continued to encourage technicians to put into practice a battery testing policy for every vehicle coming into the workshop, irrespective of what it’s actually booked in for. As independent workshops are increasingly aware, although their primary function is still to fix the many problems affecting their customers’ vehicles, nowadays they are also ...

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Ecobat Battery is reminding readers of PMM of the importance of discovering the root cause of a problem before proceeding with a replacement. As workshops are very aware, many of the problems that vehicles are brought to them to resolve, are very often caused by faults with other components or glitches within systems, so it’s ...

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Lead acid, GEL, SLI, AGM or EFB, whatever the battery, they all have one thing in common – they need to be tested, according to Ecobat. First, a bit of background. Under the surface, or perhaps more appropriately, inside the case, the basic chemistry of a 12-volt battery remains the same today as when it ...

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Whatever time of the year, batteries provide profit opportunities, argues Ecobat Battery, but it all starts with testing. Incredibly, it’s now three years since the country started to emerge from its forced hibernation as the lockdown restrictions imposed during the worst of the Covid pandemic were eased and people started to venture out, only to ...

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Identifying the correct part for any particular application is key for workshops fitting replacement components, which is why quality product data is a priority for Ecobat Battery. Ecobat Battery supplies original equipment (OE) brands such as Exide and VARTA, as well as its own Lucas and Numax offerings, and it is with these two proprietary ...

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In 2019, Ecobat Battery discovered that nationally 43 per cent of workshops turned away start/stop battery replacement work due to either being unsure of the process or aware that potential problems could result if they were not fitted correctly, which meant they were losing out on the revenue it offers, estimated at £185 per installation ...

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