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Mazda won “Technology of the Year” award with I-Stop System

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Mazda Motor Corporation has won the “Technology of the Year” with the I-Stop system. The stop system I-Stop reduce fuel consumption by stopping the engine automatically when the driver stops the vehicle. Mazda’s system is mounted on the direct injection engines and uses combustion energy to restart the engine in just 0.35 seconds, about half the time required for most other competing systems.

Also, the system suppresses noise and vibration when the engine is stopped and restarted. Mazda has introduced I-Stop on all new Mazda3 models (known in Japan as the Mazda Axel), which were launched in Europe and Japan in June 2009.

The new Mazda3 I-Stop reduce about 15% fuel consumption compared with the previous model. Almost half of the total Mazda3 sold in Japan, until now, have been I-Stop models. Automotive technology eligible for competition “Technology of the Year” had to be placed on the market the vehicles sold in the period November 1, 2008 to October 31, 2009.

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Andrei Ursu
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Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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