The EPA announced the change by calling it the "elimination" of credits for an "almost universally hated" feature. But is start-stop truly hated, or misunderstood?

Start-stop is a relatively small feature with a dense engineering stack behind it. Modern systems tie together the engine control unit, starter-alternator hardware, beefed-up 12-volt or ...

In a dramatic shift in federal environmental policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee ...

Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at ...

As part of its broader rollback of U.S. fuel economy rules, the Trump administration says it is eliminating a credit for automakers that got breaks on the fuel economy compliance if they installed ...

EPA boss Lee Zeldin hints that the tech could be hit with some sort of official regulation this week Automatic start/stop systems save fuel but are disliked by many drivers. EPA administrator Lee ...

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 ...

(Part I and II of this series is here and here.) DUB6 writes: I recently read a rather wordy story about how many/most auto manufacturers are killing off the automatic start/stop feature in new cars.

DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced an end Thursday to credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles, a device intended to reduce ...