If you have lost your car keys or went to get a copy made in the last few years chances are you were shocked at the price. Gone are the days of copies of your keys for few dollars. As an ...

Transponder keys: These keys have an embedded chip that communicates with your car's immobilizer system. Replacement involves programming the chip, and sometimes programming your vehicle's onboard ...

Apple added a digital car key feature to its Wallet app, allowing users to lock, unlock, and start compatible vehicles with ...

Modern transponder-equipped car keys are supposed to be ultrasafe: The chip-keys and key fobs communicate with readers inside the car, allowing the car to start only once a secret digital password ...

The startup business, which now has some 10 kiosks in the New York City metropolitan area, will copy car keys, both with and without transponder chips. How does the digital key work?

For instance, can I store both my car keys (a Lincoln MKZ) and my apartment door key on a single RFID microchip? I also want to use that same microchip to open my front door. —Name withheld ——— You ...

The transponder, or chip, is within the key’s casing and has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of vehicle thefts since it was made mandatory in all new cars built in Australia in 2001.