Using an actual key to rev your car's engine seems to be a thing of the past. In recent years, nearly every car manufacturer has started providing buyers with remote-start options, letting users start ...

Technology has granted us plenty of ease and comfort when it comes to our daily lives. If anything, some would argue that it makes us that much more efficient while others would say that it makes us ...

Push-button start may be common today, but it wasn't always the dominant way to crank an engine. Push-button start systems and ignition key systems activate the same process in different ways. Do you ...

In today’s shifting car world, how we fire up engines keeps evolving take the clean tap of a start button versus the old-school roll-and-drop trick for stick shifts. Knowing the small differences ...

We really are living in the future when your car just magically knows you're there without you having to do anything. The jingling of keys used to be the universal symptom of turning a car on, but ...

Having a project take on a life of its own is a common thread in the custom truck world and one that we discuss fairly regularly here at CT. My 1968 Chevrolet C10 is the epitome of this it seems, as ...

One of the best pieces of automotive tech to become widely available over the course of the past decade is remote start. You can have your vehicle warmed up on cold days, and in the heat of the summer ...

Future generations of drivers may never know the feel of an engine rumbling through the key as they start their cars. Automakers are turning away from traditional turn-key ignition switches and ...

In the early 2000s, getting a remote start on a vehicle usually required buying a luxury car, SUV, or truck. However, since the addition of advanced car safety systems in newer vehicles, such as blind ...

The automotive industry constantly pushes boundaries and sets new benchmarks when developing cutting-edge technology to make life more convenient. In other words, vehicles these days are more than ...

The days of replacing a car key by having an inexpensive blank copied and cut at a hardware store are pretty much over. Most new cars today come either with a push-button start system or keyless entry ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The first time I started a car by pressing a button, it felt too easy and convenient — like I had somehow ...