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It's easier using a tool that supports lookarounds:

$ s="battery.charge: 90 battery.charge.low: 30 battery.runtime: 3690 battery.voltage: 230.0 device.mfr: MGE UPS SYSTEMS device.model: Pulsar Evolution 500"
$ grep -oP '\S+:\s+.*?(?=\s+\S+:|$)' <<< "$s"
battery.charge: 90
battery.charge.low: 30
battery.runtime: 3690
battery.voltage: 230.0
device.mfr: MGE UPS SYSTEMS
device.model: Pulsar Evolution 500

If you wanted the result in an array:

$ IFS=$'\n' foo=($(grep -oP '\S+:\s+.*?(?=\s+\S+:|$)' <<< "$s"))
$ for i in "${!foo[@]}"; do echo "$i<==>${foo[i]}"; done
0<==>battery.charge: 90
1<==>battery.charge.low: 30
2<==>battery.runtime: 3690
3<==>battery.voltage: 230.0
4<==>device.mfr: MGE UPS SYSTEMS
5<==>device.model: Pulsar Evolution 500
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