Seventy Percent of Fords to Receive Stop-Start By 2017
For those who are adverse to hybrids, EVs and the like, yet want to do their part to be green may be in luck: Ford plans to install their Auto Stop-Start fuel-economizing technology in 70 percent of their North American lineup by 2017.
The tech, already found in the 2014 Fiesta with its 45 mpg EcoBoost 1-liter I3, and the 2014 Fusion with its 1.5-liter variant, will allow drivers to add anywhere from 3.5 to 10 percent more fuel economy when faced with stop-and-go traffic.
Aside from helping the consumer save fuel, Ford’s expansion of Auto Stop-Start is due to costs; the tech is easy to implement, and barely makes a dent in the automaker’s bottom line. No word on when other vehicles, including the C-MAX and Expedition, will see their own version of the technology.
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Can I still park under a tree, idling to run the air conditioner while I wait for my wife?
No thanks, I'd rather save gas by not running the air whenever possible.
These things are going to be stalled out clogging up intersections, bank on it. They've tried this tech before and it was quickly scrapped. And hybrids work completely different. I guarantee you honest technicians will be telling people to turn it off once it gets outside the warranty. All the issues this is going to cause, for a 3.5% gain in city driving? That's around 1 mpg. But for the crowd that leases their cars, which is becoming most auto customers, I guess they could care less.
"Seventy Percent of Fords to Receive Stop-Start By 2017" Well, I guess that means that 70% of Ford drivers will disable Automatic Stop/Start (ASS), about 70% of the time. That will result in a 70% saving on fuel consumption waiting for a traffic light, and 770% greater cost of repairs on the engine/starter/battery system after seven years of operation.....(^_^)... ---------------