EUREKA RESEARCH NETWORK DEVELOPS HYBRID CIRCUIT INTEGRATION
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUNDBREAKING starter motor-alternator, enabling cars to automatically and smoothly stop and start when in congested traffic, has been developed by European companies involved in the Eureka research network. The i-StARS (NOTE - SPELLING IS CORRECT) project, coordinated by France's Valeo Electrical Systems, spent Euro 9.85 million on developing this second-generation technology, whose aim is to create significant environmental improvements to auto performance without forcing car makers to make radical changes to engine design.
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