EPA administrator targets stop-start vehicle tech: "Everyone hates it"

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/epa-lee-zeldin-stop-start-vehicles

EPA administrator targets stop-start vehicle tech: "Everyone hates it"​

• Nathan Bomey

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The Trump administration is targeting climate technology that automatically turns a vehicle's engine off when it's stopped to save fuel.
Why it matters: Stop-start technology has become a common feature in new vehicles as a way to save a few bucks on gas and reduce emissions.

• Advocates like it because it helps combat climate change, but critics find it irritating.

Driving the news: EPA administrator Lee Zeldin blasted stop-start systems in a post Monday on X, signaling that the agency would take action against it.

• "Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy," Zeldin said. "EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we're fixing it."

The big picture: The EPA doesn't mandate stop-start technology, but it provides extra fuel economy credits to automakers that adopt it.

• Spokespeople for the EPA and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, the auto industry's trade group, had no immediate comment Monday morning.

The impact: Stop-start systems eliminated nearly 10 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually as of 2023, according to the Battery Council International.

• The technology was included in 65% of vehicles in 2023, up from 9% in 2016.

Reality check: The feature can generally be turned off at the press of a button.

 

[UpAndComing]

The elephant in the room is that these billion dollar companies don't care about the health of the climate. They only care about paying less taxes

 

[Rusty$hackleford]

I was indifferent to that when I first got my current ride as i never had a car do that, but suddenly it stopped one day and hasn't done it since. Probably been about 8 months now

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

The elephant in the room is that these billion dollar companies don't care about the health of the climate. They only care about paying less taxes

which companies?

 

[levitate]

Another senseless attack.

 

[maxamusa]

I'm confused.....because its not law to have "start stop"

 

[Youngdev]

Can’t you just turn it off

 

[Based Lord Zedd]

Can’t you just turn it off

Was thinking the same, it's an option in my vehicle

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Can’t you just turn it off

I can. I do it with no problem. This shyt is senseless lol

 

[General Mills]

I have it in my F-150. I hate it. As soon as I get in my truck I turn it off each time

 

[The_Sheff]

Can’t you just turn it off

Not in all vehicles. In some you can permanently turn it off, in others you have to turn it off every time you get in the car and in others you cant turn it off at all.

Unless absolutely forced, i will never buy a car with that bullshyt.

 

[Canada Goose]

Push to start money

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I have it in my F-150. I hate it. As soon as I get in my truck I turn it off each time

what made you get a ford, just curious

 

[bignell]

I was indifferent to that when I first got my current ride as i never had a car do that, but suddenly it stopped one day and hasn't done it since. Probably been about 8 months now

It's because your battery voltage isn't operating at a certain threshold.Your battery still has plenty of life...If you replace your car battery .It will start back working again.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

This shyt was always dumb af

My SUV has it and it’s annoying af. Even to turn it off. Idk if you can permanently do it though.

Other car doesn’t thankfully