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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

BROOKLYN (CN) - Toyota's "Smart Key" technology, which allows cars to be started and run without inserting an ignition key, allowed a woman to die of carbon monoxide poisoning and crippled her ...