“Even though the panel will not be large enough to power the entire car, it could provide enough power to switch the engine off and on when the car is stopped at a traffic light, ” he said.
Hybrid vehicles, such as Toyota's top-selling Prius, switch between a petrol engine and electric motor.
像丰田销量最好的普锐斯(Prius)这样的混合动力汽车，会在汽油发动机和电力马达之间切换。
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The stop/start-enginenotifications could switch the engine off and on automatically, or they couldtrigger alerts to the driver to turn it off/on manually.