Automakers produce vehicles with standard driver-assistance and safety features that can sometimes feel unnecessary. The auto start-stop feature does benefit a specific type of driver in certain ...

A decade ago, a car getting an automatic start/stop system was news, but these days, they've been almost entirely forgotten outside of a small group of weirdos who can't let it go. Unfortunately for ...

For more than a decade, automatic engine start/stop systems were sold as painless climate tech, a clever way to trim fuel use by cutting the engine at every red light. Now the feature is rapidly ...

The E.P.A. under Trump is moving to eliminate credits to carmakers for the fuel-saving start-stop function. By Ben Blatt Would you be willing to pay more for gas if your car could be a little less ...

Administrator Lee Zeldin said “everyone hates it,” but it’s still unclear what the EPA plans to do about start/stop systems. Start/stop technology — the system that turns your engine off at a ...

The Trump administration is eliminating a credit for automakers that install start-stop engine technology. Administration officials labeled the feature as "universally despised" and an "idiotic ...