"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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spaco wrote:
I understand that Detriot will be moving to 42 volt electrical systems
soon. They will build the starter/generator into the flywheel. It would
be a short hop in technology then to turn the engine on and off with the
throttle. At 42 volts the current will be lower and with no moving
parts, reliability should be high.

And you can arc weld with jumper cables (:

I've arc welded on a 12 volt system --- *inadvertantly*

Hope the OEMs print a caution label near the battery on the 2007 cars.