In today’s shifting car world, how we fire up engines keeps evolving take the clean tap of a start button versus the old-school roll-and-drop trick for stick shifts. Knowing the small differences ...

Push-button start may be common today, but it wasn't always the dominant way to crank an engine. Push-button start systems and ignition key systems activate the same process in different ways. Do you ...

As the patent points out, biometric systems are becoming more common as a way to access your vehicle. Hyundai, for example, ...

Over the years, I've had a few cars with a remote start feature. While many new cars come equipped with remote start these days, adding remote start to your car before winter sets in is a cost ...

We had a caller on the Car Pro radio show who described a problem he was having with his car…his engine was not cutting off when he stopped. I thought it was a blessing, but he seemed concerned. I ...

Certain combinations work, like chocolate and peanut butter or Black Sabbath and eardrums. Other combinations don't, like orange juice and toothpaste or remote starters and manual transmissions. Well, ...

We've all experienced it at one time or another: You put the key in the ignition, and nothing happens. You're met with silence or maybe a faint click, but there's no sign of the engine cranking and ...

While cars with features like large screens to use Apple CarPlay effectively and dashboards fitted with cool accessories have certainly made our lives easier, technology can prove to be a bane in ...

EPA to strip fuel economy credits from stop-start systems, calling the tech “hated” and minimally beneficial. Automakers may phase out the feature, jeopardizing a $67 billion global industry. Industry ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeting climate technology that automatically turns off a car's engine when it is stopped at red lights to save fuel, a feature agency administrator Lee ...