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Toyota Debuts Smartphone-Enabled Car-Sharing Program

  • The Verge, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 12:07 PM
Toyota just unveiled its Smart Key Box -- a Bluetooth-enabled device that lets users unlock and start their car engines using only their smartphone. As The Verge puts it: “Toyota is jumping into the increasingly crowded car-sharing market, and it’s doing it with a flair for innovation that helps explain why it’s the world’s biggest auto seller.” In practice, “A vehicle owner who wants to make some money on the side lending their car to other people can install the Smart Key Box on their dashboard, no modification needed.”

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  1. R MARK REASBECK from www.USAonly.US , November 2, 2016 at 12:05 p.m.

    Like my toothbrush, my car is NOT Community property.


    “A vehicle owner who wants to make some money on the side lending their car to other people can install the Smart Key Box on their dashboard, no modification needed.”  Seriously?  I'm sure there will be no liability issues there.  Doens't that now make you a car rental Agency? You know, licensed, bonded, insured for commercial use ?  Good idea  tech-morons

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