Hyundai and Kia will offer stop-start technology within 2 years

Hyundai and Kia announced that they will offer stop-start technology as a fuel-saving feature on many North American vehicles within 2 years.

“Start-stop will be a key part of our development activity in the next two product cycles,” in 2012 and 2016, said Timothy White, Hyundai-Kia’s senior powertrain manager. The new technology is expected to provide a 3% increase in fuel economy. As you may know already Stop-start engine technology is being adopted by more automakers in order to improve their fuel economy as well as to meet tougher requirements. Ford will also offer similar technology on 20 percent of its global nameplates by 2014. Regarding Hyundai, they already revealed the 2011 Sonata Hybrid which represents the first step in producing hybrid vehicles. Kia is already working on a hybrid version of the 2011 Magentis, as it announced this at the New York Auto Show.  

[Via: Autospies]

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