Sometimes the anticipation of doing something is as exciting as actually doing it. It's easy to forget that your interaction with a car always starts outside of it, with the key. The key serves as an ...

It's almost hard to believe that at one point, cars didn't have keys. Keys didn't become a thing until the 1910s, when automakers implemented them as a minor safety measure to prevent potential ...

Key fobs are a generally pretty mundane and overlooked piece of automotive paraphernalia. A few decades ago, drivers didn't have a way to remotely unlock their cars, and now it's taken for granted.

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