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Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave
I may be wrong, but I believe the EPA is making provisions for stop-start. I think the only issue is that if it's an option, the manufacturer will have to certify both ways--with and without stop-start. Just double the work to certify.
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Many people shut off the autostart function though.
In the NEDC autostart is allowed, but in real life you'll never see the big gains it gets on NEDC - which has numerous phases at standstill.
These were introduced to simulate traffic: accelerate, brake, wait, ...