Ford Introduces Start-Stop Technology

More old stuff.

This has been around for a while. The first successful production car I can remember with this feature is the 1983 Volkswagon Polo. The engine would stop if idled for two seconds... how do you tune such an engine?

Is this feature also the way most gasoline golf carts work?

I'd like to see how it works when you go up and then stop at the middle of a steep incline, with traffic behind you.

Well, maybe you can still do the same coordination of brake and accelerator?

Yahlasit

So how are us people in the colder climates supposed to warm them up to get the windshield melted off in the winter before we can even drive?

Also what keeps the air conditioning going in the summer when stuck in traffic?

this is rediculious, how do you keep the catalytics working and how does this constant periods of off and cool down of piston crowns make for efficient engine, then we have the wear and tear of a starter and the alternator cycling to recover, make no sense to me, but then I is ignorant retired old fool that loves diesels, better to control traffic so that long periods of idling in traffic arent the norm. I am soo tired of sitting for an hour+ to get somewhere 10-15 miles away during peak traffic times

Sincerely

Mitch
retired peugeot mechanic

I am soo tired of sitting for an hour+ to get somewhere 10-15 miles away during peak traffic times.
D'uh...
Your above sentence justifies the technology.
The thermal inertia of the engine block stops the engine cooling too much, we are talking about on/off cycles of minutes not the hour or so it takes to cool a block.

I do agree there are wear and tear and reliability issues as the car ages, but unless we try , they will not get resolved.
The solution is as simple as an over-ride switch for cold damp mornings when the vehicle is 6years old.

Del