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.
At minimum, the Xia period marked an evolutionary stage between the late neolithic cultures and the typical Chinese urban civilization of the Shang dynasty. The Dawn of History Thousands of archaeological finds in the Huang He (), Henan Valley () --the apparent cradle of Chinese civilization--provide evidence about the Shang dynasty, which endured roughly from 1700 to 1027 B.C.