Vehicle stop-start features, which automatically turn off engines at red lights, could soon become less prevalent because of the Trump administration’s announced repeal of the government finding ...
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?
If you’ve driven almost any gas-powered car made in the last 10 years or so, you’ll no doubt have an opinion on automatic start/stop systems, the fuel-saving tech that cuts the engine when the car ...
We were on a hard newsletter deadline last week when the news broke that the Trump administration had announced what it calls ...
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 ...
The Trump administration is eliminating credits for automakers that include automatic start-stop engine systems, a feature originally intended to reduce emissions but one that has frustrated many ...
For years, many drivers have complained about engines that cut out at every red light and then start again a moment later.
In a dramatic shift in federal environmental policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee ...
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 ...
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 ...