Some of the swings in car technology are impressive.
They have engines that turn off whenever your automobile is idle, and then they beginning back up the second you let go of the break.
They’re meant to aid in gas mileage, especially on mid sized cars like crossovers which aren’t as inherently efficient as sedans. I have driven these cars a handful of times when I needed to rent a automobile while I was in my travels, but I’m not much of a fan. I don’t like the delay between the moment you hit the gas and the point at which the engine starts and the wheels beginning to turn. When you’re used to immediate acceleration, it can be a tiny bit of an annoyance. I’d much rather have a hybrid automobile with an engine that can run really on electricity with gas as a backup fuel source. These are genuinely the cheapest cars to drive on the road, assuming you live in an area with charging stations for electric cars near your apartment and job. As happy as I am about these advances in car technology, right now I’m fascinated more by new Heating and A/C components like my low temperature heat pump. Heat pumps harvest ambient heat in outdoor air and transfer it indoors separate from ever needing to combust fuel or power heating coils. Since there is regularly potential energy in outdoor air as long as you don’t reach absolute zero, you can genuinely transfer that energy indoors by reversing the refrigeration cycle on a regular a/c. Imagine having the tepid condenser equipment indoors while running an evaporator coil in ambient air while I was in a chilly snap. The coolant coming indoors will be tepid and you can heat your house with the warmth coming off the tepid compressor.