#Start-stop
With New Technology Comes New Ways to Die
Since 2005, 37 deaths by carbon monoxide poisoning have been attributed to vehicles with keyless ignitions that were inadvertently left running. Automatic engine shutoff is not currently mandated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, so manufacturer’s application of the technology is sporadic. But the PARK IT Act wants to change that.
Cadillac CT6 To Receive Turbocharged, Naturally Aspirated V6 Engines
When the Cadillac CT6 hits showrooms later this year, power for the flagship will come in the form of two V6 engines.
Start-Stop System: Now Available On YOUR Smartphone – Or is It a Stop-start System?
Some forty years in the making, start-stop technology has arrived on your smartphone. Volkswagen launched an app that stops YouTube videos automatically when you look away from the screen. And it starts again, when you look back. The app uses facial recognition technology to capture when the viewer is looking away, only to resume when eyeballs are back on screen. PWHS (People With Heightened Sensitivities) will not like it: Averting your eyes during a shocking scene on YouTube won’t help anymore. The price of progress, I guess.
But what are the origins of this startling technology?
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