		<div class="wpcnt">
			<div class="wpa">
				<span class="wpa-about">Advertisements</span>
				<div class="u top_amp">
							<amp-ad width="300" height="265"
		 type="pubmine"
		 data-siteid="111265417"
		 data-section="1">
		</amp-ad>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div><p>Toyota has created a new car-sharing tool that uses Bluetooth and a smartphone to unlock and access a vehicle.</p>
<p>Called the Smart Key Box, the device sits on the dashboard or in the glovebox of a car and uses Bluetooth low energy to identify and validate approved smartphones when they come close.</p>
<p>Powered by a smartphone app on the phone, the customer in the car-share is sent a code once their booking is complete, which is then authenticated when they move up to the car. Toyota calls this process a “handshake”, and once it’s been made the user will be able to open the doors and start the engine, directly from their phone.</p>
<p>The technology is going to be tested in San Francisco in 2017.</p>
<p>It’s something Volvo is already doing, with trials currently taking place on technology that will enable drivers to replace their keys with a smartphone app and Bluetooth. It hopes to roll it out to a limited number of commercial vehicles in 2017, with a wider roll-out possible after that.</p>
<p>Better connecting smartphones and cars is a side of vehicle technology being explored by several firms as an alternative to the driverless and autonomous tech being pushed by the likes of Google and Tesla.</p>
<p>Uber is also now piloting driverless cars on the streets of Pittsburgh, with some journeys being powered by autonomous vehicles.</p>
			<div style="padding-bottom:15px;" class="wordads-tag" data-slot-type="belowpost">
				<div id="atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd324ed3173">
					<script type="text/javascript">
						window.getAdSnippetCallback = function () {
							if ( false === ( window.isWatlV1 ?? false ) ) {
								// Use Aditude scripts.
								window.tudeMappings = window.tudeMappings || [];
								window.tudeMappings.push( {
									divId: 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd324ed3173',
									format: 'belowpost',
								} );
							}
						}

						if ( document.readyState === 'loading' ) {
							document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', window.getAdSnippetCallback );
						} else {
							window.getAdSnippetCallback();
						}
					</script>
				</div>
			</div>
Discover more from London Glossy Post
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
