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 ...

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 ...

Modern cars have a lot of conveniences—interactive infotainment, maps, advanced safety systems, and even autonomous driving. All of these newer additions make a remote-start with a key fob seem like ...

Cadillac Escalade owners will soon have an extra piece of tech bling with which to wow their homies. According to USA Today, GM is planning to introduce a new remote-control key fob next April that ...

Automakers keep trying to get a piece of that sweet, sweet subscription income. Now, it’s Toyota’s turn. In terms of technology, this remote-start feature is no different from using the fob to unlock ...

None. Modern cars use an encrypted rolling number system. While I don’t know the length of the cryptographic keys actually used, even short keys by today’s standards, say 512 bits, give an ...

Why this is necessary I have no idea, but it appears this device hooks up to one’s remote, allowing you to whistle codes into it, which are then translated into an infrared signal that then controls ...