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 1980’s, 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 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 powersports battery producer, Yuasa provides
nearly 90% of the batteries used in powersport vehicles in North America.
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