Electric cars aren’t the only big news in autos for the New Year.

An article with the Detroit Free Press shares Ford’s announcement to incorporate gas-saving technology into several Ford models. The new technology features a start-stop technology that, “…save[s] fuel by turning an engine off when the vehicle is idling and quickly restarting it when the driver release the brake or steps on the gas pedal.”

Ford is excited to report a 6% improvement in fuel economy. According to the article, other car companies have been hesitant to include the new feature. The reason for this? “The testing method the [EPA] uses to determine fuel efficiency ratings doesn’t include many stops and thus doesn’t recognize the technology’s effectiveness.” Other car makers have been depending on more proven methods of fuel saving, such as sleeker and lighter models.

But as of 2016, the EPA is going to become much stricter with fuel economy in new vehicles. There are predictions that this is when the start/stop technology will be popping up in many more models.

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