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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 ...
TechSpot

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 ...
Forbes

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

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, ...
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Is Engine Auto Stop-Start a Problem? Not in Our Acura ADX.

The EPA has made engine stop-start tech part of the culture wars. Here’s why it doesn’t have to be.
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EPA Ends Credits for 'Universally Hated' Auto-Stop/Start Systems

Divisive? Yes. Saves fuel? Yes. Universally hated? Hmmm... As part of the Environmental Protection Agency's sweeping reforms to limit its own abilities to regulate gas emissions, EPA head Lee Zeldin ...