Opinions on engine auto-stop-start technology are scattershot: some enjoy the technology and its attempt to increase fuel efficiency, some are indifferent, and the rest downright hate the feature and ...

Ioxus has added a uStart energy storage solution for Class 7 and Class 8 day cab trucks and tractors with up to 12L engines. UStart is a smart power solution designed to improve starting reliability ...

INDIANAPOLIS. InterMotive Vehicle Controls has added Bluetooth connectivity to its idle reduction system that gives truck drivers controls over their engine even with the key out of the ignition. The ...

A US Air Force Research Laboratory team hopes to develop a self-starting system for a hybrid piston-pulsed detonation engine (PDE), after demonstrating that both significant thrust and shaft power can ...

An automatic start-stop system in vehicles is known by many names: Some call it a "stop-start," others "S&S," and others a "micro-hybrid technology." But whatever you call it, it's a common feature in ...

Ioxus offers the uSTART ultracapacitor-based engine-starting system as a drop-in replacement product that needs no special wiring. The product’s capabilities include increasing the vehicle bus voltage ...

PACCAR has patented a method for starting a vehicle’s engine that involves rotating the crankshaft while keeping the exhaust valves of the combustion chambers open before fuel injection. The engine ...

Jacobs Vehicle Systems has introduced Active Decompression Technology (ADT), which the company says enables heavy-duty commercial vehicles to benefit from an engine stop-start system and eliminating ...

Longmont, Colo., Aug. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stored Energy Systems, SENS, the leader in DC power systems, today announced the SuperTorque® 8ZR (8ZR), an innovative DC genset engine starting ...

Maxwell Technologies and Kromberg & Schubert GmbH will incorporate Maxwell's BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors into a highly efficient, low-cost, engine-starting system for automobiles. Maxwell Technologies ...

MUNICH, Germany — Energy storage specialist Maxwell Technologies and German automotive electrics and electronic supplier Kromberg & Schubert have signed a memorandum of understanding to use Maxwell's ...