Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
The Trump administration is taking aim at automatic engine start-stop systems—technology installed in millions of U.S. vehicles to reduce fuel use and emissions—with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin signaling plans to roll back incentives for the feature that he says drivers despise.
Start/stop technology: where your car dies at every red light so companies get a climate participation trophy,” Zeldin wrote in a May 12 post on social media. “EPA approved it, and everyone hates it, so we’re fixing it.”
The feature became increasingly common under fuel efficiency rules implemented during the Obama administration, expanding from fewer than 1 percent of new vehicles in 2012 to about 45 percent in model year 2021, according to EPA data. The agency notes on its website that start-stop systems can improve fuel economy by up to 5 percent, with the biggest benefits under stop-and-go city driving.
Claire Rivero's Observations: Unless the price of gas spikes mercilessly in this country, a 5% increase in fuel economy is hardly worth the aggravation, if the start/stop mechanism doesn't quite work as advertised.; the cost/benefit comparison is very, very low here.
Poster Comment:
NYC is ridiculous…
The average studio goes for $3,200/month.
https://citizenwatchreport.com/nyc-is-ridiculous/