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kevin_thibedeau
on March 15, 2019
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Modern ICE cars are shut off at stops. No battery required.
tych0
on March 15, 2019
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Not to be pedantic, but modern ICE cars still have batteries...
kevin_thibedeau
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They aren't hybrids with their attendant motive power battery.
undersuit
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I noticed certain builds of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 offer an electric motor assist that also includes idle engine shutoff. We can only hope that is becomes a standard feature, electric motors in traffic jams would be wonderful.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/gm/gm-engines/l8b/
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