Exide Technologies hopes you'll get a charge out of its products. The company makes and recycles automotive and industrial batteries for retailers and transportation manufacturers. It also makes batteries for boats, farm equipment, golf carts, hybrid vehicles, and wheelchairs. Industrial applications include computer, locomotive, power plant, and telecommunications systems. Centra, DETA, Exide NASCAR Select, Absolyte, and Sonnenschein make up some of the company's brand names. Exide traces its roots back to 1888 when Thomas Edison founded The Electric Storage Battery Company.