The production of automotive batteries started in 1944 in the plant Autobaterie ÄeskÃ¡ LÃ­pa, which was privatized by VARTA AG in 1991. Johnson Controls Power Solutions acquired the automotive batteries division from VARTA in 2002.
The xia Dynasty, the first dynasty that emerged in China 4,000 years ago, was founded by Qi, son of Great Yu who conquered floods and tamed rivers.
Civilization emerged in Zhejiang back in the New Stone Age. The Da Yu Mausdeum at the foot of Huiji Mountain is said to be the tomb of Yu, the reputed founded of Chinas Xia Dynasty (21th-16th century B.C.). When China was unified in the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.), Zhejiang was under the administration of the three prefectures---Huiji, Zhang and Minzhong.