Start-Stop Technology
Start-Stop vehicles reached significant production volume in 2007, in response to Europe’s regulations on CO2 emissions. The technology produces even greater fuel savings when combined with other efficiency strategies.
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Increasingly popular technology makes gas engines more efficient.
Start-Stop technology can be applied easily to standard gas-powered engines.
- Shuts off the engine during idle.
- Restarts the engine when the driver’s foot leaves the brake pedal.
- Easier to implement and less expensive than other technologies.
- Improves fuel efficiency 5 percent to 8 percent.
- Reduces greenhouse gas emissions.


