We contacted automakers for their take on this hot-button issue (no pun intended) and got some surprising responses.

The EPA said it will end credits for the start/stop feature, which shuts off gas engines when cars are idle to save fuel.

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 ...

GM faces a choice on automatic stop-start after EPA rule changes. Should the automaker kill the feature or give drivers ...

The EPA, under the Trump administration, has eliminated the credit for the "almost universally hated" auto start-stop feature ...

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 ...

DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced an end Thursday to credits to automakers who install automatic ...

We were on a hard newsletter deadline last week when the news broke that the Trump administration had announced what it calls ...

For years, many drivers have complained about engines that cut out at every red light and then start again a moment later.

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 hated auto start/stop feature is fading. Now there’s one more regulation from China that could actually make modern cars better.

Automatic stop-start technology is equipped in roughly 70 percent of all General Motors vehicles that were sold in the United States in 2019. In its 2019 Sustainability Report, GM claimed that over 70 ...