start stop Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:38:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Ford to Introduce Start-Stop Mechanism to Conventional Cars in North America Starting 2012 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-start-stop-mechanism-20101230/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-start-stop-mechanism-20101230/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:38:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16441 Just like you see all the latest automotive technologies applied to high-end class Mercedes cars, the newest innovations in the field of electric cars of a few years ago start to show up in "regular" automobiles, to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ford-start-stop-mechanism-20101230/feed/ 1 16441 Mazda Adding Start/Stop Technology to All Their Cars by 2015: EPA Opposes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mazda-adding-startstop-technology-cars-2015-epa-opposes-20100325/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mazda-adding-startstop-technology-cars-2015-epa-opposes-20100325/#respond Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:48:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7162 Idling your car at a stoplight is always damaging your plans of saving fuel and the air quality. I know someone who lives close to a stoplight and he says the air is much more polluted there than in other areas.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mazda-adding-startstop-technology-cars-2015-epa-opposes-20100325/feed/ 0 7162 StARS: Start-Stop Hybrid System Reducing Fuel Consumption Up to 25% https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eureka-stars-start-stop-system-20090117/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/eureka-stars-start-stop-system-20090117/#respond Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:45:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1654 In the battle to have the most efficient engines, one of the biggest allies is the European Union and the laws they make to force the car companies to lower the harmful emissions. By 2012 they set a maximum of 130 g/km carbon-dioxide (CO2) emission.

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