Side Terminal AGM Batteries Going Away

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Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Not my intention, Hib! (But, you've done the same for me once or twice too )



I'm guessing it must be weight advantage and/or ruggedness; two advantages AGM has over conventional batteries. And, I'm sure buying in the quantities GM (etc) does brings the unit OE cost down considerably. But, in MY case, I could save the money and trim 40# off my GUT which would make more of a weight difference than switching to an AGM (assuming one still exists that would fit!!)

Weight reduction is probably it because lowering weight is the goal of all automotive engineers. (Well, some at least, and certainly the manufacturers in general). And I am fairly confident that GM would have sufficient bargaining power to keep the price reasonable for them. --Bob