We Wondered What Automakers Had to Say About the EPA "Killing" Stop-Start. So We Asked Them.

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

Trump admin moves to end "universally hated" start/stop feature for cars

The EPA said it will end credits for the start/stop feature, which shuts off gas engines when cars are idle to save fuel.
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Will GM Disable Auto Start-Stop? Following the EPA's Repeal of $2,400 Off-Cycle Credits

Fed up with your truck "dying" at every red light? A massive 2026 EPA rule change just stripped $2,400 in incentives from auto-start systems. Now, Silverado owners are demanding a permanent software ...
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Start/stop engines are dying, here’s what finally killed the feature

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 ...
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‘I turn it off every time because I am convinced that it wears out my starter’: Woman says nothing upsets her like this button on her car. What’s it even do?

Do you have an auto start-stop button? New cars are increasingly equipped with the feature, but one TikToker has had it. Featured Video In a video complaint, Victoria Alese (@victoriaalese) says that ...