Voyo, a device that lets you add start-stop technology to any car through an app

For some time now, cars have included the Start-Stop system as standard equipment. According to studies, it is a technology that improves fuel efficiency by between 5% and 10%. This results in fewer polluting emissions and a final saving in fuel.

If, instead of having a car with this technology, you own an older model that doesn’t have it, an app now lets you add it to your car. It is a small device that connects to the OBD-II port. Through this process, the car and the smartphone connect via Bluetooth.

As well as allowing the Start-Stop technology to be added, it also lets you control various vehicle functions. To do this, two small modules that connect to the fuse box located in the engine bay are required.

The gadget, the app and these two modules are what make the engine switch off if the system detects that the car is stopped for a prolonged period, using GPS technology to monitor this.

During short stops, it can be annoying for the engine to switch off automatically, so Voyo also offers the option of controlling when the engine stops or starts. The brake pedal is the element that acts as the controller of the system. The engine can be stopped or started simply by pressing it with more or less force.

Voyo offers more features besides those already mentioned. For example, it allows the user to receive alert notifications in certain cases, check advanced diagnostics on the vehicle’s condition, find out where it is, and automatically lock and unlock the doors as the driver approaches or moves away from the car, or immobilise it if the smartphone is not in the car.

Perhaps the only drawback of the system is its price. The subscription to the system and the Voyomotive cloud (essential for using it) costs 50 dollars per year, to which must be added 100 dollars for the device that connects to the OBD-II and another 100 dollars for the fuse box modules.

The system will be launched on Kickstarter shortly to fund its production. Would you be willing and interested in installing a system of this kind and paying that extra for it?

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Source | Voyomotive