Trump Ends Hated Start-Stop Feature For Autos

You know this means that Democrats are now going to be in favor of it, right?

Trump emission rules cut ‘universally hated’ start-stop feature in cars

President Donald Trump says he’s doing a big favor for car buyers: getting rid of the start-stop button that have bedeviled drivers for several years.

As part of its broader rollback of U.S. fuel economy rules, the Trump administration says it is eliminating a credit for automakers that got breaks on the fuel economy compliance if they installed start-stop buttons on their vehicles that shut off engines when the cars are idling.

“You’re going to get a better car, you’re going to get a car that starts easier, a car that works better for a lot less money,” Trump said at a White House event announcing the change.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin added in a statement that labeled the elimination of the credit for start-stop system “an added bonus” to Trump’s broader emission rule rollback “the off-cycle credit for the almost universally despised start-stop feature on vehicles has been removed.”

There is nothing in the new rules that will force carmakers to quit using the start-stop feature if they still want to, but the Trump administration is removing the fuel economy that has spurred its adoption for the past decade.

No one likes it. I had it in my 2022 Honda Civic, and, Honda’s is more of an auto engine idle, not an off, and they really do not kick in that much of 4 cylinder vehicles. I still turned it off. Further, the feature is not for the consumer: it’s for the manufacturer. It saves very little gas, but, when you look at it for the whole fleet it helps avoid fines and fees from states. And that is from a vice president of a car company.

What will most likely happen is manufacturers make it so you can have it enabled or disabled when you start your car, not having to press the button when you turn the car on. And may well remove them when they do a refresh or redesign.

And what lots of the Trump deranged are saying is “you can just turn the button off, you know arrglebargle!” And we also get

We need lots more mental health facilities for these people.