Ordinary lead-acid battery technology has a short lifetime in start-stop uses, so battery makers have come up with new ideas for handling the frequent charge-discharge that characterizes start-stop.

DETROIT -- Johnson Controls Inc. has developed a small lithium ion battery that boosts the efficiency of vehicle stop-start systems. The battery is about the size of a tissue box and weighs around 9 ...

If the start-stop vehicle is outputting more CO2 than expected, the person will have to get the car repaired or battery replaced. This would be good for Axion and A123 since the AGM and capacitor ...

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 ...