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

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?

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The 2009 Endangerment Finding and subsequent greenhouse gas standards in the US are officially repealed, relaxing ...

The Trump EPA is stepping up once again —this time to save Americans from the inconvenience of buying less fuel. In response to feedback from “countless” Americans, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said ...

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 ...

For years, many drivers have complained about engines that cut out at every red light and then start again a moment later.

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 ...

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 ...