Principle of “no movement – no fuel consumption” helps save money
When you stop at a red traffic light for instance, provided the battery charge is sufficient, the start/stop system switches off the combustion engine automatically. No fuel is consumed, nor is any CO₂ emitted. And noise levels drop to zero. As soon as you depress the accelerator pedal, the start/stop starter motor restarts the engine quickly and quietly.

On the principle of “no movement – no fuel consumption”, a vehicle at a standstill thus neither consumes fuel nor emits CO₂. Preliminary tests in the cities of Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai have show promising results - savings potential of upto 12% in city traffic. Your engine will not tick over unproductively at traffic signals anymore, and every stop will become worthwhile.

The Starters and Generators division of Bosch in India, recently developed a start/stop solution for Mahindra & Mahindra’s Bolero model. One such car equipped with Bosch start/stop system was on show for the first time in India at Auto Expo 2008, held at New Delhi in January 2008. Lanuch of this vehicle with Bosch start/stop system took place end of October.

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