I'm firmware/electronics person by day but have repaired ICE cars in my free time for decades (and hope for an EV in my future). I see a general obsession with tailpipe emissions with few looking at the bigger picture. Ignored is a
massive industry and environmental impact involved whenever we say 'just add some electronics'. So all of that e-waste, damage and
pollution (jump to 2:00)
, does it equal less than 5% of fossil fuel emissions?
And don't try to tell me this feature doesn't require more starter replacements (i.e., more pollution) over the life of the vehicle (not the time of your brief ownership!). The same goes with the battery--there are not magical start-stop batteries that last forever. In fact, last year, there was a driver next to me who had that "creep-stop-creep-stop" habit at a red traffic light. I could hear the engine barely re-starting each time as the battery was obviously weakened despite being in a newer vehicle.