There’s a difference between complaining about the technology (which isn’t fundamentally a problem) and implementations from certain manufacturers (which *can* be a serious issue). The primary wear’s on the journal bearings, you can mitigate it with proper oil and surface formulation. If you design the engine for it, it’s not a serious concern. “You are putting undue stress on every component of your engine” Certainly not enough to override the cost benefits if the system’s designed right. Conventional starters aren’t going to get you to 500k miles.Īnd again – how often (properly designed) starters get replaced in start/stop engines is not significantly higher. Cars in junkyards are typically there due to accidents, improper maintenance, or cooling system failure. The life of a conventional *engine* is typically 500k miles. The number of original starters I’ve pulled and used from junkyard cars confirms that they regularly do outlast most vehicles.” “A starter can reasonably last the life of a conventional engine. Posted in car hacks Tagged auto-stop, autostop, car, switchbot Post navigation Got real tired of turning this off every time I got in my car.
The design of the SwitchBot reminds us of the Useless Box, even if in this case it has an actual purpose. However, it works well, and means that didn’t have to make any permanent modifications to the car. They’re more typically employed to turn on dumb devices like air conditioners or heaters that can otherwise be difficult to control via the Internet. It’s a rather creative use of the SwitchBot. Instead, simply popping the smartphone in the cradle activates the ‘bot. It was set up this way to avoid Switchbot hitting the button before the car has been started.
When this happens, Switchbot springs into action, switching off the autostop function. In this case, the Switchbot is set up to activate when ’s phone is placed in phone mount, where it scans an NFC tag. It can even be configured to work with IFTTT. It’s literally a robot designed to press buttons, either when remotely commanded to, or when certain rules are met. The robot in question is a SwitchBot, a small Internet of Things tool that’s highly configurable for pressing buttons.
So they employed a little robot to handle the problem instead. Not everyone is a fan however, and got sick of having to switch off the feature every time they got in the car. This shuts down the car’s engine at stop lights and in other similar situations in order to save fuel and reduce emissions. These days, many new cars come with some variant of an “auto-stop” feature.