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 ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is targeting stop-start vehicle technology that automatically turns off a car's engine when it is stopped at red lights to save fuel.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to end fuel economy incentives for start-stop technology in cars, a system designed to cut emissions and save fuel. Critics say the feature is ...

The Context Automatic start-stop technology became popular in large part due to fuel economy and emissions regulations introduced during the Obama administration.

In a post on X, the agency’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, said that start-stop technology was just a “climate participation trophy” for companies, and that “everyone hates it.” ...

The EPA has never mandated the inclusion, or even the option, of automatic start/stop technology, though there are incentive structures in place from the agency encouraging its proliferation.