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Start/stop engines are dying, here’s what finally killed the feature

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 Ends Credits For Start-Stop—Misunderstood Feature Or Mechanical Headache?

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?

How Automakers Tackle Auto Start-Stop Without Adding Wear And Tear

Most modern cars have auto start-stop systems to reduce fuel consumption, but while some might worry about wear and tear, car ...
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Automakers lose emissions credits for start-stop technology under new EPA rules

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 ...
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We Wondered What Automakers Had to Say About the EPA "Killing" Stop-Start. So We Asked Them.

UPDATE 2/16/26: We've added a statement from Stellantis. As part of a sweeping policy change, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that it's "eliminating" engine stop-start systems from ...