UWB Digital Key

[amendonca98]

More than anything else I want in a new vehicle, the one feature I care about most is Digital Key 3.0 or what Apple has branded as Car Key 2.0. All it means is my phone acts as the key using ultra wide band Bluetooth.

Please please please, make sure this car has this. I love physical buttons, but man do I hate having to carry my keys around. Not a fan of how ford has implemented this where they force you to use their app to lock an unlock. Needs to be passive where the phone is in the pocket, and I press a button on the door like a normal key fob and it just unlocks. Many cars have already implemented this and this is going to be a huge dealbreaker for me with what is otherwise a perfect looking car. Here’s the current list of manufacturers and it’s growing by the day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_keys_in_mobile_wallets

Also if this car is going to support CarPlay, then please support EV route tracking in Apple Maps. I currently drive an Ioniq 6 and its map system is just awful. Unless you build an absolutely uncompromising map system, please give users the alternative to use something built into their smartphone to be able to road trip with.

 

[stellman]

I believe the Mach e originally came with a single fob reasoning that, since folks could use their phone as a key they didn’t need 2 fobs. Wasn’t too long before they backtracked and had to agree to provide second fobs because phone was so unreliable.

My belief is that it’s because they are using Bluetooth for the key communication. UltraWideBand doesn’t use Bluetooth, it’s more like NFC which is much more reliable.

 

[AndyS_OSU]

UWB would be best. Bluetooth just ain’t it. I’m down to mostly just caring my phone. Cards, ID, Insurance, all live in it. My BMW i4 was okay for easy entry though you basically had to touch the door with your phone to unlock. The MachE phone as key is garbage most of the time. It starts the car no problems but often take several attempts before it recognizes the phone in order to open the doors.