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 ...

Auto start-stop is a popular feature on many modern vehicles. As the name implies, this is a system that automatically turns off and restarts a vehicle's engine to help lower fuel consumption and ...

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 ...

The leader of the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back the automatic start-stop feature in cars. The start-stop technology was implemented in more cars following federal regulations ...

Automatic start/stop systems help to mitigate tailpipe emissions when idling, but for folks who are concerned about this function affecting the longevity of your starter motor, Toyota built-in a ...

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 ...

DETROIT – 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 ...

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 ...