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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by shiftpgdn on Friday July 07, 2023 @01:47PM (#36635500)
The motor stops at TDC under compression and then fires the spark plugs to restart, reducing wear on the starter.
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Re:Amazon’s electric Rivian vans have delivered 150M packages by mynameisash on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:28PM (#36636245)
For others that -- like me -- have no clue what TDC is, I did a quick search[0]:

> Top dead center, sometimes referred to as TDC, is the point in which the piston in the number one cylinder position of your engine is at its highest point on the compression stroke.

[0] https://www.wikihow.com/Find-Your-Engine%27s-Top-Dead-Center...

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