{"id":96,"date":"2008-03-31T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T09:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/96"},"modified":"2008-04-04T16:30:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T15:30:36","slug":"mercedes-aims-to-banish-idling-with-eco-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/96","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Aims To Banish Idling With Eco-Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written about the Mercedes-Benz Eco-Start system before<\/a> – it’s a system available with new Sprinter vans that stops the vehicle’s engine when it’s stationary and idling and automatically restarts it as soon as you put the clutch down to engage a gear.<\/p>\n

Previous trials by Motor Transport magazine in London rush hour traffic resulted in a 10% fuel saving. While this is obviously an extreme case, there is no doubt that the technology helps save fuel, and it has built-in safeguards to prevent repeated cold starts or overheating.<\/p>\n

The system has been a cost option available on manual Sprinters and Atego 7.5t trucks only to date, but Mercedes are now confident that Eco-Start is ready for prime time. The German giant has decided to kick-start more widespread adoption of the technology by making it standard fitment on Atego models and by relaunching it with the Sprinter at the Commercial Vehicle Show later this year.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the size spectrum Mercedes is also introducing Eco-Start to its A-Class and B-Class car models – and as I noted here<\/a>, other major manufacturers are also introducing similar systems.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>According to this article<\/a> on Transport News Network, adding Eco-Start to a Mercedes Sprinter will cost \u00a3545. This includes an uprated battery and alternator, necessary to ensure that the battery remains suitably charged through frequent starts\/stops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mercedes-Benz will be making it’s fuel-saving Eco-Start feature a standard fitment on all Atego 7.5t trucks and Sprinter vans later this year. It’s hoped the measure will kick-start adoption of the new techology, which has previously been an extra cost option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[160,159,158,161,163,118,156,157,162,116],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}