Advance Auto Parts Inc. and Interstate Batteries announced a strategic partnership Tuesday. Starting in the spring, Dallas-based Interstate Batteries, the replacement battery brand with the largest independent battery distribution system in North America, will become the exclusive automotive and specialty battery brand for Advance Auto Part stores and customers.
Roanoke-based Advance Auto Parts, which serves both professional installers and do-it-yourself customers, said it will debut a battery program with Interstate products at its more than 4,900 U.S. and international locations. The program will offer free battery testing and installation in stores.
Interstate products will be available initially at Advance’s company-owned stores and at independently owned Carquest stores. In the future, Advance Auto Parts subsidiaries Worldpac, Autopart International and Carquest Canada also will offer Interstate products.
