In the Odyssey, Homer repeatedly describes the spreading light of a new day as “rosy-fingered dawn.” The dawn of subscription-based vehicle features is upon us, but instead of rosy fingers, these are ...

Earlier this month, we broke a story about Toyota locking its key fob remote start function behind a monthly subscription. If owners of certain models aren’t actively enrolled in a larger Toyota ...

Anticipating more car sharing, Toyota develops the Smart Key Box, a device that lets people use their smartphones to access and start up a car, as long as they have the right codes. Wayne Cunningham ...

According to experts, a battery in a car key fob is supposed to last anywhere from three to five years. However, as key fobs get more advanced, some have found their fobs dying much earlier than ...

To the consternation of some owners, Toyota's remote start key fob functionality requires a paid $8 per month subscription service, The Drive has discovered. The issue only applies to 2018 and later ...

Toyota is the latest car manufacturer looking into the sharing economy, thanks to its development of what it calls a “mobility services platform.” The first product it’s experimenting with is a Smart ...

RICHMOND — The chips are key. And the keys need chips. So if you have a dearth of chips, you will have a dearth of keys. This sounds like “Alice in Wonderland” nonsense talk or some throwback to “for ...