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PLEASE NOTE: ALL OFFERS END 30 JUNE 2026 AND ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY. ALL PRICES EXCLUDE VAT. SEE THE BACK PAGE FOR BRANCH CONTACT DETAILS. THE SMART CHOICE 23 Although the Veloris name is new, the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional service standards and to add value to its customers, remains the same. These principles also extend to its indirect customers, who not only benefit from access to premium brands such as Exide, VARTA, Lucas, Numax and CTEK, but alongside Rotronics, one of its strategic partners, Veloris can get to the heart of the issues and provide genuine, real world solutions. For instance, although the logical thing to do when CV batteries need replacing might seem to be to simply swap them with new versions of the same product, the best way forward is to consider the needs of the fleet and what batteries best suit its fundamental requirements. Top of these requirements is to maximise vehicle availability, an objective that can very often be met by upgrading the batteries to original equipment (OE) qualityEFBandAGMtechnologybatteries, which aredesigned toprovidethecharge/discharge/chargecycles that modern vehicles go through during their daily operation. With power hungry ancillaries such as refrigerators, TVs, heaters and tail lifts now commonplace on today’s CVs, a stable source of power that ring fences important safety equipment like ADAS and onboard electronics, is an absolute necessity, and the correctly specified batterywill go a longway to achieving that and soprevent the majority of the electrical faults that would otherwise take the vehicle out of service. These factors all contribute to a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for the vehicle. So, as service and repair decisions are largely driven by thevehicle’s cost permilecovered, a reduction in energy related breakdowns and a longer service life, both benefits provided by upgrading toOEquality EFB andAGMtechnology batteries, makes achieving a lower TCO, a reality. Ignoring the facts and simply opting for like for like replacements, or worst still going for the cheapest option, is one of the biggest hidden costs in fleet maintenance. In contrast to the reliability benefits and lower TCO afforded by OE quality EFB and AGM batteries, the low initial cost option increases the likelihood of costly vehiclebreakdown and retrieval, potentially resulting inundelivered payloads, penalties and inconvenience. Alongside their superior performance and greater longevity, additional benefits offered byOEquality EFB andAGM technology batteries comewith their increased resistance to vibration. Vibration isagrowingproblemformanyoperatorsasthenownormal, end of frame location of the batteries in many CV’s, combined with the poor quality of theUK’s road network and significant increase in the number of surfacemounted traffic calming measures, make it a near constant dynamic. Batteries with a high resistance to vibration therefore, also contribute to those ‘golden tickets’ of increased vehicle reliability and a lower TCO. In summary, OE quality EFB and AGM batteries are engineered to cope with the high electrical loads and demanding duty cycles of modern CVs, have a higher vibration resistance and are able to deliver reliable engine starts, stable power and a longer life span. This combination provides a compelling case that they should be the go to solution for operators’ replacement battery needs. As is demonstrated by this overview, Veloris’ overriding objective is to deliver energy with certainty, connect manufacturers to end customers, to provide the best advice and access to new innovations, and continue to underline its position as The Battery Partner for theCV sector. Contact your local branch today to find out more. Reduce costly downtime, says Veloris Veloris, formerly Ecobat Battery, is Europe’s largest battery distributor, which means the company has its finger on the pulsewhen it comes to the power storage related challenges facing commercial vehicle (CV) operators and workshops. CV SC 44 VELORIS full page.indd 1 26/02/2026 11:10