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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
IIRC Mazda was featuring its newer vehicles with capacitors, which are basically maintenance-free, in order to handle the start-stop without any harm to the regular battery. Anyway, those deep-cycle batteries are still quite expensive, but seem to worth it even in a more conventional application.
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The caps are there, but you still need the special battery for the odd charging-discharging cycles.
Especially when running cabin ventilation, lights and entertainment while the engine is stopped.