Automakers produce vehicles with standard driver-assistance and safety features that can sometimes feel unnecessary. The auto start-stop feature does benefit a specific type of driver in certain ...

Everybody has an opinion on auto-start/stop, that aspect of modern cars that’s become weirdly politicized. I say “weirdly” because it’s largely optional now, and there’s nothing intrinsically ...

For more than a decade, automatic engine start/stop systems were sold as painless climate tech, a clever way to trim fuel use by cutting the engine at every red light. Now the feature is rapidly ...

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 ...

It seems like there’s not much else in this world that unites people in 2025 like the shared disdain that car drivers the world over have for the auto start-stop function that’s a default setting on ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions and semiconductor shortages forced automakers to make some tough decisions. For GM, one of the compromises was the removal of Dynamic Fuel ...

Divisive? Yes. Saves fuel? Yes. Universally hated? Hmmm... As part of the Environmental Protection Agency's sweeping reforms to limit its own abilities to regulate gas emissions, EPA head Lee Zeldin ...