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Smart Fortwo to get stop-start technology

Posted Fri Jun 1 2007 7:04 AM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Daimler will be testing the waters with its own automatic stop-start fuel-saving technology when it introduces an updated Fortwo minicar later this year. Already introduced in several BMW models, the system works by automatically shutting down the engine when the car stands still in traffic and causes the motor to spring back into life when the accelerator pedal is touched.

The information was revealed by an internal source who spoke with

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