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Most gas delivery vehicles don't idle these days. But maybe the starter motor requires more maintenance.
by jjeaff 4y ago
Most gas delivery vehicles don't idle these days. But maybe the starter motor requires more maintenance.
- euroderf 4y agoDoesn't every gas motor start spew out some uncombusted fuel ?
- mulmen 4y agoMaybe? I think direct injection motors are actually pretty good at reducing that. Catalytic converters help too. But yeah, there’s more waste than an electric motor. The reassuring thing to me is that in just over 100 years we made the ICE so efficient. It’s a fundamentally wasteful design and we have taken it very, very far. With another 100 years of battery and electric motor development we will have equally impressive capabilities with the added trick of energy source agnosticism.
- jabl 4y agoWhen the engine is warmed up starting it doesn't AFAIU cause any big pulse of pollution. Also vehicles equipped with these stop-start systems AFAIK have more powerful starters so they can start faster.
- crote 4y agoThere is a little bit of waste associated with engine start, but it is worth it if you are idling for more than +- 10 seconds.
- theshrike79 4y agoWait, "most" (over 50%) long-haul trucks and vans have start-stop functionality?
- 7speter 4y agoAm I missing something? This whole thread has been about delivery trucks not long-haul trucks.
- jjeaff 4y agoI think we are all just talking about start and stop delivery trucks. I know the UPS vehicles as well as the USPS vehicles in my area all stop running the engine when they stop and get out.