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 ...

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.

Toyota has unveiled a new device aimed at allowing anyone to share their car. The Smart Key Box (SKB) can be installed in a vehicle so as to provide access to people via their smartphones.

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.

Amidst a global shortage of semiconductors, Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly announced that it would replace one of the "smart" keys for its cars.

The smart key also contains a miniature transmitter that communicates automatically and constantly with the vehicle’s door-lock mechanism and ignition system. Courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.

The company invented a Bluetooth-enabled device called the Smart Key Box that allows users to unlock and start the engine of a car using just their smartphone.

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Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start Feature requires subscription even though it doesn’t use connected services.