The car feature everyone complained about has started disappearing
Owners of everything from compact crossovers to luxury sedans complained about the shudder when the engine cut out, the lag ...
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You hit your car’s start button daily—but do you know about these 5 hidden features?
Push-button start has moved quickly from luxury extra to everyday standard, yet many drivers still treat it as a simple ...
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 ...
Which GM Trucks And SUVs Had DFM (And Auto Stop-Start) Removed During COVID
During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions and semiconductor shortages forced automakers to make some tough decisions. For GM, one of the compromises was the removal of Dynamic Fuel ...
Chevy Tahoe And Suburban Get New Automatic Stop/Start Disable Button
The Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Suburban will be equipped with a button that will disable the Automatic Engine Stop/Start feature. The new button that disables the Automatic Engine Stop/Start feature will ...
Aftermarket Company Launches 2021 Ford Bronco Auto Start-Stop Eliminator
The automatic start-stop feature was developed for the sole purpose of improving gas mileage while the vehicle is at rest. But as you’re well aware, the real-world fuel savings are minimal and this ...
Gravitational Horsepower: Volvo Debuts Start/Stop Tech on Semi-Trucks; It's All Downhill
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 ...
Mercedes Has Made Stop-Start Technology Delightful to Use
I don't hate stop-start technology as much as some of you. I do a lot of my driving in New York City. In an urban environment with a lot of long red lights, stop-start isn't so bad. It's nice to sit ...
2019 Blazer: No Way To Turn Off Engine Stop-Start
We suspected that Chevy's all-new 2019 Blazer will not feature a way to disable the auto engine stop-start system, but we now have official confirmation that this will be the case. "We do not offer ...
Do Engine Start-Stop Systems Actually Work?
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 ...
RESEARCH SNAPSHOT: ‘Stop-start’ systems
In this extract from just-auto’s QUBE research on electric vehicle technologies, we take a quick look at so-called stop-start systems. Do you know, for example, that Mazda’s solution does not involve ...
Feds Investigating 2.2M Hondas and Acuras for Maddening Start-Stop Failures
Start-stop systems have improved over the years. Instead of a disconcerting shudder whenever the engine shuts off and restarts, modern vehicles offer much smoother transitions. But what if the engine ...
Auto Stop-Start System No Longer Working - Before You Jump For Joy, Here Are the Likely Causes, and Why You Need to Have the Car Looked At Right Away
Nobody likes auto stop-start in their car, so when it suddenly stops working, it may seem like a good thing. Sadly, it’s not. Here’s why.
Millions of drivers with 'stop start' button in car issued warning
Motorists are now realising that the on/off button in their cars does more than just save fuel – it can also dramatically cut emissions. Experts at CarBase stress that a stop/start system is vital for ...
Do stop-start systems wear out your car's starter?
Some are almost unnoticeable, others make the car shudder each time they activate—but stop-start systems are here to stay. First rolled out in Europe and Asia, where crowded city driving requires cars ...
Every 2021 Model Year Cadillac Features Automatic Stop-Start
Luckily, on all 2021 Cadillac models, auto engine stop-start can be disabled via a button within the vehicle. However, the feature is automatically enabled at every ignition cycle, meaning that those ...
RESEARCH ANALYSIS: Review of stop-start systems
The gradual emergence of eco-friendly vehicles on our roads has featured, among other technical wizardry, systems that automatically switch off vehicle engines during idling, for instance at red ...
Automotive Start-Stop System Market - Increasing Demand for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles to Promote Growth | Technavio
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio market research analysts forecast the global automotive start-stop system market to grow at a CAGR of approximately 20% during the period 2018-2022, according to ...
Your Cars Start/Stop Auto Feature Cost US Tax Payers $500 Million Last Year and Here’s Why
Traffic lights turn green, yet you hesitate for that split second while your engine cranks back to life. That awkward pause? Your car’s automatic start-stop system creates timing issues at ...
Car Talk: Stop-Start Retrofit Is Costly And Difficult
DEAR CAR TALK: Would you recommend that a “stop and go” feature be added to my car, a 2014 Subaru Forester? By “stop and go,” I mean a feature that shuts off the engine when you pull up to a stoplight and automatically starts the engine again when you press on the accelerator. — Don […]