[raceing86]

I think you might be a little on the old man approach here. As the other guys have said here, A.S.S. has been around in cars for a long time. Most all hybrid cars use it.

As someone else said, the starter is much bigger, so no worries there, but also, the transmission also has a different pump, that can accomodate the lubrication needs of that. It can pump the transmission fluid up into the transmission much faster than the standard non-A.S.S. ZF transmission can.

So, yes, its obvious they have done their homework. BMW has also been working with other car manufactures (GM, Citroen, Peugeot) for a while now on hybrid systems, so its not like this is a new venture for them.