Dvoted [NorCal] [99 CPR 5.9 3.55 FT4WD]
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And the acquisition was completed on November 6, 2000
milwaukee.bcentral.com/milwaukee/stories/2000/11/06/daily11.html
It's not clear to me if performance of the Optima battery has actually been impacted by the buy out. Apparently the published spec has.