Today’s vehicles are designed to maximize fuel economy in numerous ways. One such feature is the automatic start/stop function that shuts off the engine when your car is idling and restarts it when ...

Start-stop technology, the controversial system that shuts down a vehicle’s engine at idle and restarts it when the driver releases the brake, may soon disappear. New law removes penalties for ...

Car manufacturers design start/stop systems with special batteries and components to handle thousands of engine cycles.

Start/stop technology — the system that turns your engine off at a stoplight to save gas — might finally be on the chopping block, if recent comments from EPA administrator Lee Zeldin are any ...