The EPA has made engine stop-start tech part of the culture wars. Here’s why it doesn’t have to be.

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 ...

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 ...

Image Credit: Johntorcasio - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia. In a dramatic shift in federal environmental policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Trump administration is eliminating credits for automakers that include automatic start-stop engine systems, a feature ...

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 ...

Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights. By Amanda Holpuch The federal Environmental Protection Agency ...

Start-stop is a technology that automatically shuts down a vehicle's engine when a driver comes to a complete stop and then automatically restarts the engine when the driver takes their foot off the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...