Citroen C2 SensoDrive Stop and Start
Citroen cars are not imported into the US but this idea seemed simple and novel enough to report on. As the name of the system, Stop and Start, would suggest this little Citroen’s engine does exactly that when the car is at rest, which in a big city like London, England might be 25% of the time.
It is widely known that cars sitting in traffic, at stop lights, and waiting in fast food drive-through lines still burn gas and emit exhaust. Most of us usually think there is just nothing for it, part of life, reality. To start and stop our cars would be too inconvenient, probably use more gas, and wear our our starters.
Some of that might be true, some is dead wrong. This little French car proves that if a stop and start feature were added to a car fuel efficiency goes up. This car for example gets about 50 MPG on average and reduces CO2 emissions by about 10% in urban driving. Visit NewCarNet.co.uk for the full article.
