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?

The EPA's new deregulatory action effectively ends the mandate of auto stop/start on new vehicles.

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

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

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 ...

Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at ...

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

In a dramatic shift in federal environmental policy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee ...

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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems in their vehicles. The devices are intended to reduce emissions but ...

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 ...

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 ...