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Originally Posted by jpd80
That's exactly what the thing is designed to do with an uprated battery.
It's not as though the motor companies went out and just put a kill switch on an unchanged car.
most of these stop/start vehicles re start the engine when battery is below a certain level or when you touch throttle/ release foot brake.
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Can't believe the negativity to this technology. Falcon is already getting efficient. This is the sort of stuff that will improve that further and close the gap to smaller offerings and keep it relevant. Turbo was once a dirty word. Yet the models with them attached has been our halo model since 2002.
Bring on EPAS, StopStart, electric water pump and between them there might be 15-20% fuel saving.
BMW have smart regenerative alternator charging which charges ad required or to add engine braking downhills. That saves a few percent too.
Add all this and mid 7s economy is achievable from our Barra 6.