[SV_BubbleTime]

>I googled PZEV, and apparently all it means is that it isn't releasing gasoline vapours - other emissions don't matter.

No.

PZEV means partial zero-emotions vehicle… it is just STAR-STOP.

When you stop, the car shuts off and when it’s off it isn’t emitting anything. That is what it means.

It’s a total scam. Subaru was the first to put a logo on a US government mandated requirement (that made no sense).

[simulator5g]

I don’t think that sounds right. My car was never offered with start/stop tech. Unless maybe they ask regardless of whether the car could even have that option… hmm.

[yencabulator]

PZEV does not have to turn off the engine at stop, that's not part of the criteria for that label. The label is about emissions.