Clarios Connected Services introduces Battery Manager Pro at TMC 2026

“You see a lot of people over-index on fixed batteries because they don’t know when the batteries are failing,” Barrett added. This results in fleets either changing the batteries too soon, or replacing all of the batteries at once when the situation may have warranted one or two out of the pack.

Roadside costs and repairs are another costly byproduct of not knowing when to replace the battery before it becomes a legitimate problem.

Clarios’ subscription model replaces unpredictable emergency costs with a fixed monthly fee while eliminating warranty disputes with original equipment manufacturers.

“If there’s no warranty issues anymore, the whole fighting with the OEM or tier one goes away,” Barrett said. “The battery’s there, we know the battery’s gonna be bad. You got a new battery. It’s done. Nothing to argue about.”

Predictive analytics and finding failures 90 days out

The system monitors batteries remotely and provides failure notices up to 90 days in advance, allowing fleets to schedule replacements during regular preventive maintenance windows.

“We’re telling it in about 90 days in advance when it’s gonna happen. So you’ll never have any roadside emergencies,” Barrett said.

The monitoring extends beyond batteries to track alternator and starter health. When the system detects charge levels dropping while the vehicle is in motion, it flags potential alternator problems. This prevents technicians from replacing a healthy battery when the alternator is the actual culprit.

“You wanna know why it’s $500 [in savings]? Because we’re stopping jump starts. We’re stopping issues with alternators. We’re identifying starter issues,” Barrett said. “We’re making sure all the maintenance happened in the shop.”

Inventory integrations across multiple places

For national fleets, Battery Manager Pro integrates with existing inventory management systems across all locations. When a battery needs replacement, technicians pull from current stock, and Clarios ships a replacement within about a week to replenish inventory.

“When we tell you to replace the battery, you pull from what’s in stock, which will be a Clarios battery, and then we’ll ship you one about a week later, and then it will replenish that,” Barrett said. “The key with it is everyone should feel like they’re working in a system that just works. It shouldn’t be any anxiety.”

Technical implementation and market timing

Installation requires four sensors, a wire harness and a gateway per vehicle — a process that takes 30 to 35 minutes. The system works with any battery brand currently installed, allowing fleets to transition to Clarios batteries as existing units reach end of life.

“We don’t want you to get rid of the stuff that you have. So we’re gonna use that to the very end and kill those at the end of life, and then we move all those in,” Barrett said.

Clarios expects to sign its first customer this month.

“Battery Manager Pro enables fleets to focus on their core operations while we take care of managing the batteries,” said Cagatay Topcu, vice president of Connected Services at Clarios. “Our predictive approach ensures batteries are replaced only when needed, helping fleets reduce unexpected failures and total costs of ownership by maximizing their battery investment.”

Battery Manager Pro expands Clarios’ Connected Services portfolio, which includes solutions such as IdleLess, Battery Manager and Trailer Battery Manager, all operating on the same IoT hardware and cloud-based analytics platform.