So how does the car decide when to stop? “It’s really hard for me to say that there’s one particular thing that is the determining factor in how an interaction will go down,” Dorsey said.

Most modern cars and trucks are equipped with auto-stop/start technology. The principle behind the system is simple: it shuts off the engine when you’d otherwise be idling and wasting gas during ...

If you've shopped for a new car ... stop/start shuts off the engine instead of it idling at a stop and then rapidly restarts the engine when you want to drive away. If you do a lot of stop-and-go ...

In case you're unfamiliar with what start-stop ... of a car going quiet at a light was not easy for me at first, because my entire history with cars involves cars that, when they go quiet in ...

MUNICH: Feel like reading or watching a movie when you’re stuck in stop-and-go traffic? Thanks to advancing technology that’s now a possibility not only for a car’s passengers but also the ...

The system can also determine when not to shut the engine off, such as when the battery is low on power and in stop-and-go traffic. The GM Authority staff is comprised of columnists, interns ...