Hella, Varta team on battery diagnostics

Hella Gutmann Solutions and Varta are to create a low voltage battery diagnostic services in European automotive workshops.

Every vehicle, including electric and hybrid vehicles, requires a low-voltage energy source to ensure the function of important systems. Today, the low-voltage network is increasingly supplying software-based functions such as steer-by-wire, break-by-wire, autonomous functions and optimized driving experience. As a result, car batteries are under greater strain than ever before.

The Hella Gutmann service includes professional equipment for vehicle workshops, car dealerships and vehicle inspection organisations as well as digital products for fleet operators, insurers and the aftermarket. It includes technical data, software and devices for diagnostics, emissions testing, light adjustment and system testing on vehicles of all drive types. As part of digital solutions, data and functions are also made accessible to digital third-party products such as fleet and dealer management systems, and will add data on low voltage batteries in a vehicle.

The intention is to add the diagnostic capability to Hella Gutmann equipment.

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“Hella Gutmann’s declared goal is to strengthen the efficiency and profitability of participants in the independent car repair industry through our analogue and digital workshop equipment, data and services – across all brands, models and drive types,” said Adnan Cemal, Managing Director of Hella Gutmann Solutions. “Through the cooperation with Clarios, we will supplement our existing expertise in battery diagnostics in the high-voltage sector and, in future, also provide our customers in the low-voltage sector with simple insight into the status of vehicle batteries.”

“Clarios is pleased to partner with Hella Gutmann Solutions. The company has a strong reputation in the markets, especially in the field of professional diagnostic solutions,” said Theres Gosztonyi, Vice-President Aftermarket EMEA at Clarios, which owns the Varta brand in Europe. “Together with our battery expertise, we can   support the repair shops in their daily work even better.”