Who We Are

Buffalo Battery was founded by Luke Norris — and the story starts the way most good ones do: in a garage.

Luke began his hybrid battery career as the very first employee at Green Bean Battery, working out of Tim Livingston's garage in Apex, North Carolina. Over the next seven years, he learned everything the industry had to offer — what made a battery last, what processes made customers happy, and just as importantly, what corners were being cut.

Then came the corporate buyout. When LKQ acquired Green Bean Battery and Dorman, they did what large corporations often do — they cut. Luke, despite being Green Bean's first-ever employee, was let go in the process.

That was the moment Buffalo Battery was born. Rather than walk away from the trade he loved, Luke took everything he had learned and built something better.

Yes, Buffalo Battery is run out of a garage in Pittsboro, NC — and that's exactly the point. Green Bean Battery, one of the biggest names in reconditioned hybrid batteries, started the same way: in a garage in Apex, North Carolina. Luke Norris was their first employee, and he watched that company grow from nothing into a major operation before a corporate acquisition changed everything. What he brought with him wasn't a building. It was seven years of hands-on expertise, a clear sense of what quality actually looks like, and the drive to do it right. A garage means low overhead, not low standards. It means the person who built your battery is the same person who answers the phone. It means you're not paying for a corporate call center or a fancy showroom — you're paying for the work itself. Buffalo Battery is small on purpose. That's how we stay good.

Buffalo Battery isn't just Luke. His father, an exceptionally talented engineer, has been with the business from the beginning — and his contribution goes well beyond moral support. Together, they designed and built a custom reconditioning machine specifically engineered for hybrid batteries. This isn't something you can order out of a catalog. It's purpose-built equipment developed by two people who wanted to do this better than anyone else in the industry. Most competitors use the same generic testing equipment. Buffalo Battery uses a machine we built ourselves — because when you care about the outcome, you don't settle for someone else's tools.