Start-Stop hybrid components

• - starter with 10X starting lifetime (improved bearings/brushes, etc)
• - crankshaft sensor to know which cyclinder to 1st inject gas, for instant starting
• - regenerative alternator
• - presently 20% of European market (high gas price drives need for higher fuel economy)

EXAMPLE: (1/14/2013) Johnson Controls 48V "Micro-Hybrid"

PRESS (12/30/2010 NYTimes)