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Charge up

13 Nov 2018 By Lauren Silva Laughlin

The conglomerate is selling its car-battery unit to a Brookfield-led investor group for $13 billion. The business has been humming but its lead-acid technology risks being overtaken by lithium-ion powered electric cars. That makes private equity a better ownership vehicle.

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