EPA Eliminates Credits for Auto Start-Stop Feature in Cars

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ended a greenhouse gas credit program that incentivized auto manufacturers to include automatic start-stop systems in vehicles, the agency said in a Feb. 12 statement.

“EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin eliminated the off-cycle credit that was used to implement the almost universally hated start-stop feature in American vehicles,” said the statement. The off-cycle credit was created by the Obama administration in 2012, allowing automakers to claim greenhouse gas (GHG) credits by adding features such as a start-stop system.