German Company Readying Start-Stop System for Highway Use
13 Nov 2012, 14:49 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we may associate stop-start systems with improving the efficiency of city driving, by turning off the engine completely at traffic lights, or when coasting at low speed, a German automotive su...
Ford to Use Hybrid Start-Stop on Conventional Cars, Crossovers
27 Dec 2010, 07:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American carmaker Ford will use the auto start-stop technology it initially implemented on its gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles on future North American versions of its cars and utilities to be rol...
Stop-Start System Made Possible by the Battery Management Chip
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / Electronic system and gadgets have become something usual in today's mass production vehicles. Almost every car that comes out of a production line is fitted with on-board sophisticated compute...
SpeedStart, 2nd Generation Stop-Start
19 Oct 2009, 17:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Stop-start systems are becoming more popular nowadays, especially when taking into account that most governments across the world are offering incentives for green vehicles that achieve outstanding ...
Next-Gen Stop-Start System Released
7 Oct 2009, 14:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) today announced what is called the second-generation stop-start system, a new technology specifically aimed at cutting emissions and fuel consumption when the car...
Audi A3 1.6 TDI, 1.4 TFSI S Tronic Get Start/Stop
5 Oct 2009, 13:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi announced today it has decided to combine the S Tronic dual-clutch transmission fitted on two of the A3 models with a start/stop system, to give both the 1.6 TDI and 1.4 TF...
Alfa MiTo to Get MultiAir Engines, Start-Stop System
15 Jun 2009, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo announced that, starting September, it will fit the MiTo with Fiat Powertrain Technologies' (FPT) 1.4l Turbo petrol MultiAir engines, as well as giving the "...
Mazda Debuts New Axela in Japan
11 Jun 2009, 15:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Mazda today rolled out the new Axela in Japan, with prices ranging from 1,660,000 to 2,678,000 yen ($16,870 to $27,200). The new Axela, also known as Mazda3 in non-Japanese markets, received a major...
Lamborghini Future: Hybrid, Biofuel, Photovoltaic
8 Jun 2009, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Italian manufacturer Lamborghini plans a shift in direction when it comes to designing their cars, at least as CO2 emissions are concerned. Caught up in between the need for performance and the ever...
MINI Cooper D Lands in Australia
20 May 2009, 11:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The first diesel version of the MINI to reach Australian shores, the Cooper D, has also become the country's most fuel efficient car. The Cooper D eats up 3.9l of fuel every hundred kilometer (...
Audi Tech Goodies for 2009
7 May 2009, 08:23 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German manufacturer Audi has prepared some new technologies to be implemented into their range this year, most of them aimed to make Audi cars more fuel efficient and less pollutant than before. The...