I have a 2021 Mazda6 2.0 petrol and the stop/start function is not working. This first happened on 10th January 2025. I became aware that the stop/start function was not functioning — no warning ...

Europeans already know that shutting off your engine at a stop light can improve fuel economy by as much as 15%. The stop-start technology that automates this process has been available there for a ...

Start-stop technology shuts the engine off at traffic lights and restarts it the instant you lift the brake. It saves 3 to 10 percent on fuel and is fitted to over 70 percent of new vehicles sold in ...

The Vitara mild hybrid has a conventional 12v battery in the engine compartment which starts the car when you first switch it on and a 48v battery under the passenger seat which operates the ...