Ford will begin to install the system Stop/Start in all models. So expect the company is reducing average fuel consumption by around 10%. For the first time Ford showed the system in 2004 and since then has sold about 170 000 units. In current models of Ford, the system Stop/Start is mounted on the Fusion Hybrid and 
Escape Hybrid, as well as the models offered on European markets, Ka and Mondeo. Soon is expected introduction of a system in all global models of Ford – Focus, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX. From Ford wanted every their vehicle to be equipped with Stop/Start system standard at latest in 2012. Cars with the new technology will receive a new battery model and different starter.
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Start/stop systems are a great way to reduce fuel burn in the most inefficient mode engines operate in, idling, first testing and using the system on hybrids made perfect sense and now is the time to expand the application to standard vehicles.
Its a very simple way to basically reduce overall fuel burn. Theres been a issue of EPA certification because the EPA didn’t have the technical procedures to factor in the start/stop cycles.
It’ll be a little freaky at first for drivers, but they’ll soon adjust.
New safety systems such as the widely touted engine cutoff system which shuts off the engines if you’re stepping on the brake and accelerator at the same instant already offer a preview. This system alone will force a
change in many drivers in how they’ve driven for a long time. The safest way to drive a automatic transmission vehicle is with one foot.