Start-stop technology, the controversial system that shuts down a vehicle’s engine at idle and restarts it when the driver ...

What just happened? The Environmental Protection Agency is stripping automakers of a key compliance tool: emissions credits for automatic start-stop systems, the software-driven technology that shuts ...

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 ...

Automatic engine stop‑start was sold as a painless way to cut emissions and fuel bills, a tiny software trick that would shut the engine off at red lights and fire it back up when the driver lifted ...

Earlier this month, the EPA ended the “off‑cycle” emissions credit for automatic engine start‑stop systems, thereby removing the OEM incentive to install them on mass-market vehicles. As a result, ...