Mazda is the latest brand to find itself in the middle of a fight over subscription features on cars after quietly removing remote start functionality from key fobs in 2021. Since then, remote start ...

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.

Old-school key fobs only let drivers lock or unlock all four doors at once, but today’s vehicles include a more flexible safety feature. “One of the main things people don’t know is that you can ...