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Originally Posted by volodp

Here's my take. ASS in a mild hybrid is not exactly what we're used to. In the current model the motor stops when the vehicle comes to a full stop. And it starts as soon as you intend to drive away. And there's some delay between intending to drive (letting the brake pedal go or pressing the gas pedal if in auto-hold mode), even if it's tiny. But you still notice it. In a mild hybrid it won't be noticeable because the vehicle starts moving on a battery and the engine gets connected shortly afterwards when it's restarted. So other than sound and some vibration you shouldn't really notice it stopping and restarting.

So maybe it's not about HAVING to make ASS mandatory but rather about it evolving so the reason why people would disable ASS in the past not being present anymore.

^^ This.