Remember when BMW wanted to charge drivers to use Apple CarPlay? How about the subscription required for the Mercedes EQS’s rear-wheel steering functionality in Europe? It turns out that luxury ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Hopefully, many of you have already read the two-part travail of my tough Tile tracker and what it helped me locate: a Volvo key fob inadvertently “eaten” by my Honda snowblower earlier that same day.

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