Any gains might depend on whether you're driving on the highway or in the cityBy Devin PrattToday’s vehicles are designed to maximize fuel economy in numerous ways. One such feature is the ...

EPA to strip fuel economy credits from stop-start systems, calling the tech “hated” and minimally beneficial. Automakers may ...

While this is a feature that some people like, not everyone wants the start-stop system in their car. In many cases, this is because they believe this may have a long-term impact on the vehicle's ...

It's a feature that is annoying to a lot of drivers, but it's one that may soon be a thing of the past.  Environmental ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is targeting stop-start vehicle technology that automatically turns off a car's engine ...

The head of the USA's Environmental Protection Agency has decreed that stop/start systems should be banned from cars. CAR magazine has thoughts on the plan ...

Some are almost unnoticeable, others make the car shudder each time they activate—but stop-start systems are here to stay. First rolled out in Europe and Asia, where crowded city driving ...

EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it,” says Lee Zeldin. It’s unclear what “fixing” means here. Engine start / stop systems can already give you better fuel economy, as explained ...

Of course, that’s not technically what’s going on here, but the EPA does offer car makers something called “off-cycle credits” that incentivize the use of start/stop technology ...

“Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy. EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it.” Zeldin wrote on X ...

One such feature is the automatic start/stop function that shuts off the engine when your car is idling and restarts it when the brake is released or the accelerator is engaged. But just how much ...