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Fiat installing Bosch Stop/Start system in the 500 for 5-8% fuel reduction
It's time to add Fiat to the list of manufacturers - such as BMW, MINI and Kia - that will use Bosch Start/Stop technology. Fiat will start using this technology in the Fiat 500, initially with the 1.2-liter gasoline engine that is mated to the automanual Dualogic gearbox. This system includes a crankshaft sensor and more sensors at the pedals that detect when the car is stopped and when the driver wants to resume driving, which makes the car a mild hybrid. Bosch claims that its system saves up to five percent fuel in the European Driving ... Read more →
H2Roma: PSA lays out green car future strategy Sebastian Blanco
Citroën and Peugeot have been putting out small, efficient vehicles for many years. At this weekend's H2Roma, the PSA group will talk about the green vehicles it hopes to bring to market in the ...
Citron to launch new micro hybrid technology on diesel C3 Picasso Jeremy Korzeniewski
Four years ago, Citroen started the whole stop/start trend when it introduced the technology on its C2 and C3 cars. Since then, many other automakers have picked up on the new green-tech, which ...
Valeo wins 2008 Automechanika Innovation Award for StARS Micro-Hybrid system Xavier Navarro
The city of Frankfurt is celebrating the Automechanika trade show which is focused on aftermarket equipment. During this exhibition, awards are handed out and one went to autoparts maker Valeo, which ...
2009 Smart ForTwo in Europe gets standard micro-hybrid with gas engine Sam Abuelsamid
Starting this October Smart is making its micro-hybrid-drive system standard equipment on the ForTwo in Europe with the 61hp and 71hp gas engines. The micro-hybrid system is just an automated ...
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Why yes, people would enjoy stop-start engine technology 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
Micro hybrid. Start-stop. Whatever we call it, people like it. The micro hybrid system, currently available in cars like the Smart fortwo and through aftermarket suppliers like Ricardo, is preferred by three out of four drivers, the UK's Motorpoint car supermarket group found in a recent survey. ...
Controlled Power Technologies buys CO2 reduction tech from Visteon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
Much like Delphi, auto parts supplier Visteon has struggled mightily to survive since being spun off from former parent Ford. Over the last few years they have shed many business units with the latest being a portfolio of technologies for reducing CO2 emissions. Controlled Power Technologies has ...
Micro-hybrids set to take off in coming years 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
One of the biggest contributors to pollution and wasted fuel in urban areas is vehicles sitting in traffic jams with their engines idling. Hybrid vehicles address this problem by automatically shutting engines off when the vehicle is slowing or stopped and then restarting them only when they're ...
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