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 ...

As part of the Trump administration's changing emissions policy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it would be abandoning support of engine stop-start systems on all vehicles sold ...

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 ...

Automatic engine stop‑start was sold as a painless way to cut emissions and fuel bills, a tiny software trick that would shut the engine off at red lights and fire it back up when the driver lifted ...

The small three-cylinder engine in my 2026 Buick Envista Avenir has me concerned. I’m worried that the start-stop feature may be too much for the engine.

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 ...

A woman is seriously considering trading in a car she just purchased in 2022 as one of its features has started to get really old, really fast, she says. It's already got her considering trading the ...