Auto Stop Feature 2006 Hch2
Created June 24, 2007, at 7:37 pm by thompson
I own a 2006 HCH2, and am convinced in my "gut" that the auto stop feature is a tremendous fuel saver. I live in San Antonio, so you know the environmental conditions. I have owned my 2006HCH2 since last October. The auto stop feature works almost always. While I have no science to back up my assetion, I am convinced this feature, along with other practices, allows me to achieve FE of 47.5MPG for life of vehicle (FE determined by math, not guage). Any thoughts on this?? Could such a feature be adapted for non-hybrid vehicles to save fuel and increase fuel economy??
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4 years ago
If a starter could be made to withstand the heavy demand without constant failure, you could adapt this type of system to a non hybrid.
The major problem would be starting delays with a conventional starter based system.
Without the IMA to re-start the engine you might have big delay`s when trying to take-off from lights in traffic. My-0.02
4 years ago
Fuel economy improvements with the auto-stop depend greatly on how much stop-and-go, obviously. I'm sure it's a help in curbing pollution too. Where it really doesn't make much difference is in stop and start freeway situations.
One trick: when you are parking and going to shut it down: wait till it auto-stops, and then immediately turn the key off, and then do the shift to park and parking brake. The other way around, if you put it in park first, it will come back to life.
4 years ago
The auto-stop only works on hybrids because the hybrid batteries can keep powering the air conditioning, headlights, radio, etc. while the engine is off. Not so on an i.c.e. car. Owners of standard cars with a-s would swelter in the summer and freeze in the winter at every red light.
I'm guessing that'd be bad for sales.
One feature on the HCH that would help improve everyone's mileage is the mpg bar graph and the numerical display. It teaches you how to drive efficiently and creates an incentive to do so.
The mpg displays would cost only a few dollars per car, and would help millions of motorists save tens of millions of gallons of gas. The devices would be inexpensive and effective, and therefore no automakers will ever offer them, and no government will ever mandate them.
God Bless America.
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