Bosch has added five new battery part numbers to its award-winning range of vehicle batteries, significantly increasing its market coverage.

New vehicle technologies, such as Start/Stop systems, have placed additional strain on vehicle components, with the battery in particular having to work harder than ever before. The role of the battery in a vehicle fitted with Start/Stop technology or other micro-hybrid technologies including ‘brake energy regeneration’ changes from its traditional role, as a starter battery to an integral part of the vehicle as it needs to maintain all electrical systems in the car whilst the engine is switched off. It also has to cope with intermittent charging and deep-cycling.

The new additions to the Bosch battery range are suitable for various vehicle types, from compact cars to SUVs. There is particular focus on providing more power for smaller vehicles with a 10% higher cold start performance. The new product details are:

Bosch S3 0092S30041

• Developed specifically to provide higher cold-starting performance
• 10% better cold-start performance
• Giving mobility user increased cost benefit throughout the battery’s life

Bosch S3 0092S30000 and Bosch S4 0092S40001

• Developed specifically to provide solutions for small vehicles in the compact segment
• The S4 battery 0092S40001 caters for new electronic comfort features on new smaller vehicles such as Start/Stop in the new MINI and Fiat 500
• The S3 battery 0092S30000 is introduced to provide better performance for older compact vehicles

Bosch S4 0092S40110 and Bosch S5 0092S50110

• A new case size that had been developed specifically to create a greater market coverage for the Bosch battery range
• Introducing a new high case size (H7) in addition to the low case size (T7) facilitating a 1:1 exchange of original equipment batteries
• Creating powerful, reliable, strong batteries that are ideal for coping with high power requirements of all modern vehicles in all classes

These new batteries will be available from Bosch stockists nationwide. For more information visit; www.boschautoparts.co.uk