Volvo plans to start selling cars without keys beginning in 2017, using smartphones as replacements. In effect, Volvo says the Bluetooth-enabled smartphone would become the "digital keys" and there ...

Volvo is to trial a smartphone app they claim could replace conventional car keys in the near future. New customers will be given the choice of using their mobile phones as a digital key, linked to a ...

Using a key to open car doors evolved to pushing a button on a key fob. Now, Volvo is seeking to change the automotive industry again. The Swedish automaker announced Friday that it's testing ...

Modern drivers have always needed a key of some sort to start their cars. Many keys today are nothing more than RFID chips inside a fob to open doors and start the car, but they are keys nonetheless.

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Volvo wants to be the first automaker to use a smartphone in lieu of a key. The Chinese-owned Swedish automaker plans on slowly rolling out a mobile phone application enabling the user’s smartphone to ...

Today's car keys are surprisingly swanky when you consider that all they really need to do is open the doors and start the engine. Panic buttons and the ability to unlock the car from a distance were ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...