Ford_News
11-24-2013, 07:12 AM
Filed under: LA Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/la-auto-show/), Technology (http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/)
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Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has gone all-in on its efforts to offer most of its new vehicles with a fuel-efficient EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/)engine, but the automaker is reportedly preparing to take another big step toward improving vehicle efficiency. Automotive News is reporting that Ford will soon expand the availability of start-stop technology (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/stop+start/), which was first offered - presumably the first non-hybrid vehicle, that is - on the 2013 Fusion (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/fusion/) (equipped with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine) as a $295 option.
The benefit of start-stop is reduced fuel consumption as it shuts the engine off at long stops, and AN quotes Ford as saying that drivers can save more than $1,000 on fuel costs over five years. Despite this, the option hasn't been popular on the Fusion thus far, but it could be more beneficial on bigger vehicles like the F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/). Ford also said that the next-gen Edge (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/edge/), which was previewed in concept form (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/20/ford-edge-concept-la-parks-itself-photos/) at the LA Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/la-auto-show/), will be equipped with auto start-stop to help make the EcoBoost engines even more efficient.Ford adding stop-start to all major model lines (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/24/ford-stop-start-all-major-models/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/) has gone all-in on its efforts to offer most of its new vehicles with a fuel-efficient EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ecoboost/)engine, but the automaker is reportedly preparing to take another big step toward improving vehicle efficiency. Automotive News is reporting that Ford will soon expand the availability of start-stop technology (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/stop+start/), which was first offered - presumably the first non-hybrid vehicle, that is - on the 2013 Fusion (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/fusion/) (equipped with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine) as a $295 option.
The benefit of start-stop is reduced fuel consumption as it shuts the engine off at long stops, and AN quotes Ford as saying that drivers can save more than $1,000 on fuel costs over five years. Despite this, the option hasn't been popular on the Fusion thus far, but it could be more beneficial on bigger vehicles like the F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/f-150/). Ford also said that the next-gen Edge (http://www.autoblog.com/ford/edge/), which was previewed in concept form (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/20/ford-edge-concept-la-parks-itself-photos/) at the LA Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/la-auto-show/), will be equipped with auto start-stop to help make the EcoBoost engines even more efficient.Ford adding stop-start to all major model lines (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/24/ford-stop-start-all-major-models/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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