Exide Batteries Ltd is a Manchester-based company that represents a number of subsidiary companies that specialise in the manufacture of batteries for cars and commercial vehicles. The company was originally a subsidiary of The Electric Storage Battery Company, founded in New Jersey by W W Gibbs in 1888. From 1891, Exide Batteries Ltd was represented in England by the Chloride Electrical Storage Co, based in Clifton, Manchester.

Exide Batteries Ltd produced a range of batteries, including the “Ironclad” battery for electrically powered commercial vehicles. The company name was changed from Exide Batteries Limited to Chloride Nominees Limited on the 18th July 1994.