EPA targets climate-friendly start-stop technology: 'Everyone hates it'

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday announced that he would eliminate the climate-friendly start-stop technology in new vehicles.

The technology automatically turns off a car when it has stopped, in order to save fuel and reduce emissions, and then starts it back up again when the driver releases the brake or hits the accelerator, according to Newsweek. 

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

The feature was included in 65% of new cars in 2023, which marks a noticeable increase from the 9% that included the feature in 2016, per Axios. The feature can be turned off easily by hitting a button. 

The EPA does not require cars to include the technology, but gives fuel benefits to carmakers that do.  

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.