EPA Chief Explains How He’ll End Auto Start/Stop Tech

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EPA Chief Explains How He’ll End Auto Start/Stop Tech

EPA chief Lee Zeldin set the

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a few days ago when he took to his X social media account to

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on cars. While he declared it would be the end of the technology most people cheered. However, a few who actually think the tech is good tried arguing that there’s nothing the EPA can do to make it

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Perhaps sensing this

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and realizing he needs to clarify what he’s going to actually do, Zeldin sat down for an interview on News Nation to spell things out. But first, he made it clear that he, like the majority of Americans, has contempt for the tech and the fact it was foisted upon the public during the Obama administration.

While it’s technically true the EPA didn’t force automakers to adopt auto start/stop systems in cars, it did incentivize the feature starting in 2012. Today, quite a few

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have it and most people hate the feature. If you don’t, well that’s good for you, because most people do.

When pressed on what he’s doing about auto start/stop systems, Zeldin explained the EPA is going to yank the off-cycle credit automakers get for putting it into new vehicles.

The Trump EPA is going to revoke the 2012 Obama EPA approval of what many refer to as the single stupidest feature in vehicles: auto start/stop

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— Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin)

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That’s right, he can’t ban the use of the system, but Zeldin as head of the EPA can have the incentive for its use, which was created solely by the

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of the federal government 13 years ago, done away with.

We don’t expect the tech will just completely disappear. There are some people who like it for whatever reason. But we do think automakers know most consumers hate it, so with the incentive to keep it removed, it will largely disappear.

Maybe it will be an optional feature or will be relegated to only certain model lines – we’re not sure. But we expect automakers will adjust to the change rapidly, especially as consumers make their wishes well known.

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