In a ground-breaking move for the car industry, Volvo says its innovative Bluetooth-enabled digital key technology will offer customers more flexibility when using and sharing cars.
The new Volvo app enables the digital key on a customer's mobile phone to do everything a physical key currently does, such as locking or unlocking the doors or the boot and allowing the engine to be started.
It will also offer customers the possibility of getting more than one digital key on their app, allowing them to access different Volvo cars in different locations, according to changing needs.
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Using the app, people could potentially book and pay for a rental car anywhere in the world and have the digital car key delivered to their phone immediately.
On arrival, a customer could simply locate the rental car via GPS, unlock it and drive away, avoiding those frustrating queues at airport or train station car rental desks.
Owners will also be able to send their digital key to other people via their mobile phones so they can also use the car. This may be to family members, friends or work colleagues.
Henrik Green, vice president of product strategy at Volvo, said: "At Volvo, we are not interested in technology for the sake of technology. New technology has to make our customers' lives easier and save them time.
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"Our innovative digital key technology has the potential to completely change how a car can be accessed and shared. Instead of sitting idle in a parking lot the entire day, cars could be used more often and efficiently by whoever the owner wishes."
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