Customers who purchase certain domestic Toyota and Lexus vehicles made from November will receive one smart key instead of two because of a semiconductor shortage, Toyota Motor Corp. announced on Oct.

In an effort to ration semiconductors, Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly announced Thursday that it would replace one of the two "smart" keys it delivers in Japan with a mechanical one. "As the shortage ...

Courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota’s 2004 model year and newer Prius vehicles can come equipped with a Smart Entry & Electronic Key system that will challenge responders at crash scenes. Fire and ...

Remember the new car shortage two years ago, when it was hard to find any new cars for sale on dealer lots? That shortage is pretty much over in 2023, with a few exceptions. But a frustrating new ...

Toyota announced it must temporarily replace two of its electronic push-to-start "smart" keys with a mechanical version due to global semiconductor shortages. Toyota said in a statement Thursday that ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Toyota looks to the future of mobility and car sharing, the automaker has developed a special Smart Key Box (SKB) which will make lending a car much easier and safer. The SKB can be installed into ...

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 ...