Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor...
by garyclarke27 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:23AM
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Thanks - funny how diesel locomotives stay iddling for hours, yet our diesel cars now turn off when stopped for just a few seconds - due to idiotic CO2 related testing and legislation.
Result, a horrible experience of noise and lurching, often every few minutes in traffic, less responsive so less safe, more engine ware, all for zero fuel actually saved.
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Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor...
by cerebellum42 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:19AM
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Start-Stop in cars does save a considerable amount, which is a fact that can easily be verified, so you pretty much disqualified yourself there with "for zero fuel actually saved"...
The additional wear is not on the engine itself but on the starter components and those are simply designed for the additional load so that they can deal with the starts and stops.
Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor...
by 08-15 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:21AM
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A "considerable amount", huh? Can you please verify it for us and put a number on it? How much is it over the lifetime of a typical family car?
Re:Alphabet spinoff Malta raises $26M for technology to stor...
by edmundsauto on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:44PM
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Looks like around 10%. https://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/features/do-stop-start-s...