For more than a decade, automatic engine start/stop systems were sold as painless climate tech, a clever way to trim fuel use ...

After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

Many new cars come with automatic engine start-stop. These systems are designed to save the fuel wasted at idle by turning the engine off when you come to a stop. These systems are becoming more and ...

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 ...

A decade ago, a car getting an automatic start/stop system was news, but these days, they've been almost entirely forgotten outside of a small group of weirdos who can't let it go. Unfortunately for ...

Stop start systems have been fitted to vehicles for years - in fact the first version to reach production appeared in the Volkswagen Golf Ecomatic in 1994 - and the technology itself has been refined ...

Automakers produce vehicles with standard driver-assistance and safety features that can sometimes feel unnecessary. The auto start-stop feature does benefit a specific type of driver in certain ...

07:45, Thu, Feb 8, 2024 Updated: 08:09, Thu, Feb 8, 2024 Petrol and diesel drivers should press a button located on their car dashboard every time they get behind the wheel to prevent “wearing their ...

WASHINTON, D.C. - Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced H.R. 6200, the Eliminating Start-Stop Engine Nuisance Technologies that Impair Automobile Life (ESSENTIAL) Act, which would end ...