As automakers look to meet ever more-restrictive emission standards and ever-increasing fuel economy goals, automatic start stop systems, which shut down an engine after a few seconds of idle and then ...

Stop-start systems have been praised as a quick way to boost fuel economy. But if the stop-start activation is balky or uncomfortable, the customer isn't going to care how much fuel it saves. Case in ...

Drivers who find the engine start-stop feature new for the 2012 BMW 3 Series annoying can take their car to a dealership and have the default setting switched to “off” according to the company. In an ...

BMW is going to introduce a stop-start system next year. The system cuts the engine when stopped and restarts it when the driver's foot comes off the brake. This system will be used by the four and ...

CAP-XX’s latest supercapacitor module supports stop-start (also known as idle-stop or micro-hybrid) vehicles’ batteries by supplying the peak cranking current (up to 300 A) needed for each engine ...