Automatic engine stop‑start was sold as a painless way to cut emissions and fuel bills, a tiny software trick that would shut ...

Automatic stop-start technology is equipped in roughly 70 percent of all General Motors vehicles that were sold in the United States in 2019. In its 2019 Sustainability Report, GM claimed that over 70 ...

In a bid to eke out every last bit of efficiency possible from its internal combustion engines, General Motors is outfitting a swath of new models with automatic stop-start. In fact, half of Chevrolet ...

(Part I and II of this series is here and here.) DUB6 writes: I recently read a rather wordy story about how many/most auto ...

City drivers are saving money on gas, and improving the air. DEAR CAR TALK: We just purchased a new 2017 Jeep Cherokee. We love it. But it has one irritating “feature” that is quite annoying: The ...

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 ...

It seems like there’s not much else in this world that unites people in 2025 like the shared disdain that car drivers the world over have for the auto start-stop function that’s a default setting on ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Automakers, including GM, have had a tough time meeting customer demand for new cars and trucks because of a global semi-conductor shortage. The shortage has forced GM to ...

More and more new cars now include automatic start/stop technology as a way to reduce fuel consumption. If you roll up to a red light, or get stuck in stop and go traffic, the engine shuts off on its ...

Dear Car Talk: We have just purchased a new 2017 Jeep Cherokee. We love it. But it has one irritating “feature” that is quite annoying: The engine cuts off at every stop — presumably to save fuel — ...

The system would use GPS, cameras and other sensor data to determine when it's OK to shut the engine off. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the Pacific Northwest, but has long called Los ...