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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by taeric on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:04PM (#36634791)
This is almost certainly one of those things where the tech has moved on. It definitely used to use a fair bit of fuel to get started. Not so much anymore.

Probably also depends on where you are? I'd imagine colder climates need to keep the engine running.

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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by bluGill on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:29PM (#36636268)
Even way back when it used a lot of fuel to get started, it only took a few seconds of engine off the make up that fuel.
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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by taeric on Friday July 07, 2023 @03:07PM (#36636848)
I've had cars need jumping from too many starts draining the battery, though. So, mayhap it was less the fuel and more the battery/starter?
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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by eptcyka on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:28AM (#36665351)
Modern cars will disable stop/start if the battery is low. My car won't even use the start/stop feature if the HVAC is operating at a 100% of it's capacity.
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