The EPA announced the change by calling it the "elimination" of credits for an "almost universally hated" feature. But is start-stop truly hated, or misunderstood?

Start/stop systems are among the simplest ideas in automotive history—turn off the engine when you don’t need it, save fuel, and start again when you do. Passenger cars embraced this decades ago, but ...

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 ...

Start-stop is a relatively small feature with a dense engineering stack behind it. Modern systems tie together the engine control unit, starter-alternator hardware, beefed-up 12-volt or ...