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Not in my case - it had the requisite hazardous materials labels on the outside cardboard box.Most plausible answer is exactly that. "Forgot" to declare hazardous materials and just shipped it in a plain box.
But it's fine, and great. However you can get an AGM battery is good. Sounds like '23 has it standard which would be nice if true. I would not be shocked to see someone post a pic of a '23 ecoboost with an EFB though.![]()
A few years back, they used to ship aviation batteries without the acid in them - no liquid in the battery at all. And there was a separate "box" within the outer container that held the acid, wrapped multiple layers, etc. I always though it was odd that they "trusted" the cardboard box more than the battery shell itself, which seemed a lot less likely to leak... A few years later, they stopped doing that, and all the batteries came pre-flooded. Now, it's mostly AGM or Gel batteries, so there's that...
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