minus-squareFBnsfw@lemmynsfw.comtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: A car takes uses about seven seconds worth of fuel to start up. If you are going to idle for a period of time longer than that, you'll save fuel by turning your engine off.linkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMild-hybrid cars with 48-volt batteries (instead of the standard 12 volt) can pretty seamlessly stop and start the engine to where you don’t even feel it, and easily power the AC and radio and everything else while the engine is off. linkfedilink
Mild-hybrid cars with 48-volt batteries (instead of the standard 12 volt) can pretty seamlessly stop and start the engine to where you don’t even feel it, and easily power the AC and radio and everything else while the engine is off.