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 ...

As more owners speak up, regulators and safety advocates are starting to treat these stories as more than just venting. The ...

Auto start-stop is a popular feature on many modern vehicles. As the name implies, this is a system that automatically turns off and restarts a vehicle's engine to help lower fuel consumption and ...

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The 2017 Ford Escape is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop technology standard with either of the two EcoBoost offerings – a 1.5-liter engine and a 2.0-liter twin-scroll. Auto Start-Stop ...

Owners of everything from compact crossovers to luxury sedans complained about the shudder when the engine cut out, the lag when it restarted, and the sense that the car was second‑guessing their ...

Auto Start-Stop to be standard across 100 percent of EcoBoost ®-equipped 2017 Ford F-150 lineup, including all-new F-150 Raptor; technology could represent more than 60 percent of truck’s sales F-150 ...

The leader of the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back the automatic start-stop feature in cars. The start-stop technology was implemented in more cars following federal regulations ...