You did a cpy and paste from the examiner I see. Just to debunk it, read this http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/06/bubkes/#more-691

Forgot to add that in case of simple disconnecting, it is easy to implement some warning system.

It has a communication channel too, meaning that it can recognize the car it is charging, so it is easy to block it from charging other cars without authorisation. No old fashioned lock needed.

The starter motors in hybrids have no problems, so there is no reason a simple start-stop system would be any worse. It is a small electric motor anyway.. not much can go wrong with that.

What Bip-D-Bo is saying is even less of an issue. Of course the engine will run when it needs to get on temperature and all, just like for a hybrid it is the software ans sensors that will make sure it works as it should. Once the engine is on temperature, in normal (almost all) situations, there is no need to reheat or "re-lube" the engine after a short stop. So there is no extra wear on the engine.

What a crappy article. Looking at what Fiat sells in some European markets and than making up a guess that they might bring that over to the US...
Completely ignoring ll the other technologies FIAT has to offer, like some of the best diesel engines in the world or that new technology they introduced a few months ago, that make gas powered cars 20% more efficient and 20% more powerful at the same time.. a technology they are going to offer in the next few months in one of their brands ALFA ROMEO.

I think you completely missed the point. They are not switching to smaller cars JUST for the fuel consumption, but because they want to pay less for a car.
And cars becoming MORE cramped? You mean the current cars are already too small?
A smaller car does not necessarily means it becomes cramped. Nor does a small car mean slower or flimsy.
Then the rest of your "theory"... I don't know where to start, it just doesn't make any sense at all.

Europeans are not greener than Americans. Diesels became more popular long before anybody was talking about pollution simply because it was a cheaper fuel. Then diesels became faster through Turbo, direct injection and other tech... and became even more popular since the difference in power with gas engines was very small... Only in recent years they are pressing on getting diesel cleaner, since the problems related to small particles have become huge.

I'm sorry but you're soo wrong. Diesel Hybrids are way to expensive to be commercially successful. VW had plans for Diesel Hybrids and dropped them. Only for trucks the Diesel Hybrid combination is viable (like the ones Toyota offers in Japan).

it's from an insurance advertisement.

He used a forklift motor for his first conversion, back in 1964.. that what the video says.