We contacted automakers for their take on this hot-button issue (no pun intended) and got some surprising responses.

Start-stop is a relatively small feature with a dense engineering stack behind it. Modern systems tie together the engine control unit, starter-alternator hardware, beefed-up 12-volt or ...

As part of its broader rollback of U.S. fuel economy rules, the Trump administration says it is eliminating a credit for automakers that got breaks on the fuel economy compliance if they installed ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says it is ending credits to automakers who install automatic start-stop ignition systems ...

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

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

GM faces a choice on automatic stop-start after EPA rule changes. Should the automaker kill the feature or give drivers ...

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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 ...

Donald Trump-appointed Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin tweeted on Monday implying he will be making it his mission to roll back any progress that automakers had made on automatic start ...

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 ...