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To: JakeStraw who wrote (7)	2/19/2010 9:23:01 AM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 31

Energy recovery becomes "stop-start" technology. a.k.a. "idle elimination" systems seekingalpha.com Aus

To: JakeStraw who wrote (7)	2/19/2010 11:00:09 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31

This is especially encouraging from the prior link... There are few ideas that are more sensible than idle elimination. Instead of burning gasoline and spewing emissions while you're stuck at a stoplight, turn the engine off until the light turns green. Stop-start systems have little value for a drive in the country, but they can reduce fuel consumption in congested city driving by 6% to 10% for an outlay of a few hundred dollars. After several years of testing, automated stop-start systems have proven themselves to the point where the entire industry is adopting them as standard equipment. A few examples of major stop-start production decisions include: Mercedes Benz, which will introduce stop-start systems throughout its entire passenger car line; BMW, which has already implemented stop-start systems on all Series 1 and 3 vehicles with manual transmissions; Volkswagen (VLKAY.PK), a stop-start pioneer that is implementing the technology throughout its passenger car line; Toyota, which has already impemented stop-start systems in its Auris and Yaris lines; Ford (F), which plans to introduce stop-start systems throughout its entire passenger car line. Aus