03-03-2023, 09:03 AM
(02-03-2023, 01:51 PM)Mark Hennessy Wrote: I had a Ford Puma for a week that uses the 1.0 micro-hybrid. The normal 1.0 Ecoboost is quite a nice engine to drive, but the mild hybrid - just a 48V system, with a belt-driven alternator/motor - made it quite a bit nicer.
One of my recent cars had cruise control with braking.
My Suzuki Swift back home has the belt driven alternator/motor and it is very nice with starting torque that makes it virtually impossible to stall it on launch.
It also has adaptive cruise control which is great because you can set your desired speed and go to sleep as it will always maintain a safe distance between you and anything in front of you including people and animals. If it thinks you are about to collide it will slam the anchors on although I've never tested that but there is a warning before it panics and I have heard that because it doesn't always know what you are going to do next.
Peter
