Posted on 09/07/2004 10:57:19 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Peugeot-Citroen Has 'Stop and Start' Car 09.07.2004, 01:42 PM
PSA Peugeot Citroen SA will introduce an environmentally friendly car that shuts down its engine when the vehicle is stopped at a traffic light or in a traffic jam, the French car maker said Tuesday.
The car can cut fuel costs by up to 15 percent in urban driving with heavy congestion, Peugeot Citroen Chief Executive Jean-Martin Folz said. Carbon dioxide and particle emissions are reduced proportionately.
The "Stop & Start" system uses technology developed by French car parts company Valeo SA.
The car engine automatically goes into "sleep" mode when stopped and immediately wakes up when the brake pedal is released. A heavy-duty battery and sophisticated power management technology are required because the system requires more power than a normal car.
The system will first be offered in France on the Citroen C3, a small car for city driving, starting in October or November, Folz said.
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I agree. I heard that their newest aircraft carrier, the Charles DeGauule lost a prop on its shakedown voyage; and the flight deck is 30 meters too short. Don't you just love French engineering?
Two forward gears and five reverse gears..
you stole my thunder. the same could be said of any
Renault.
My experience with Citreons has been that they stop all the time anyway.
It's reactor has slightly less than optimal shielding as well.
Sounds really really shakey!
surprising though that Honda didn't come up with this idea first.
I remember having to use my boss's Citroen back in the '60's.
Like driving a boat.
Welcome to the year 1998, France!
Sounds like the hybrid concept, but probably with an even uglier Peugeot-Citroen look to it.
"A new rifle that will automatically "go into surrender mode".
I can just see the little white flag popping out! LOL!
I'm more impressed with the Dodge 5.7 HEMI Engine that shuts down 4 of the 8 cylinders while cruising at highway speed... and opens them back up when you accelerate.
Peugeot Citroen Chief Executive Jean-Martin Folz told reporters, "You can get the car in any color, as long as it is yellow." Suddenly ending the press conference, Folz blew a snot rocket at the befuddled assembly of reporters.
That is exactly what they made...the parts dept dream car....
Bwahahahaha
Green = stupid.. just like their stupid toilets
imo
Though actually, French weapons are pretty good -- as are Belgian firearms -- the Belgian FN-FAL rifles are superb.
The "wear" from stop and starting engines is due to the lack of OIL on in the engine it first starts... given the fact that most of the stop and starting are going to be short term (stop light) the engine should be well lubricated from the oil last pumped through it still.
In the longer term, say a traffic jam, turning your car off rather than idling it while sitting still in the heat if you are going to be there for 10 or 20 or more minutes is better to do anyway.
My Honda Insight does this, but it uses the 144 volt electric drive motor to start the car. It doesn't "crank". It sound like it starts in less than a one revolution. It does the same thing starting cold. There's a backup starter and conventional battery.
"In the longer term, say a traffic jam, turning your car off rather than idling it while sitting still in the heat if you are going to be there for 10 or 20 or more minutes is better to do anyway."
Use not recomended for the French elderly.
For what it's worth, the Toyota Prius does the same--except it has the electric motor to propel the car until the engine starts up again.
I guess I'll just have to give them the benefit of the doubt.
It uses an "accumulator" like aircraft. A vessel that stores liquid or vapor under pressure, not unlike a battery that stores "electricity". The French engine still won't work, regardless of all the efforts to mitigate its shortcomings.
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