Originally Posted by CommodoreAmiga

Yes, the Toyota/Lexus key cards are active. They have a battery inside of them. They function exactly like the remote FOBs and can be left in your pocket/purse/bag and still (un)lock and start the vehicle.

Tesla and Rivian use RFID cards. They are "passive" and have no internal power source. The upside is these cards will never experience a dead battery and they are physically much thinner. The downside is the card cannot be left in your pocket/purse/bag and be used. You must bring the card into extremely close proximity to the reader on the vehicle -- essentially touching the two together. They're a good "backup" to keep on hand since they fit in your wallet and can work in an emergency, such as a dead/forgotten/stolen phone. But you would not want to use these keycards for normal, daily use.

Here's a video showing the Tesla card in use. Note how it must be physically touched to the B-pillar to (un)lock the vehicle, and again must physically a certain spot on the center console to allow the vehicle to be driven.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxCgtXEMVY

Originally Posted by asj2024

If you need to get that close, it might be NFC.

I believe the Fisker Ocean also has that limitation.

Originally Posted by CommodoreAmiga

Not to be pedantic, but NFC is a subset of RFID. Splitting hairs, at that point, though.

Originally Posted by mikemu30

anyone here who still hasn't received fob #2 after three months of taking delivery?

Originally Posted by 2oa

Took delivery in December and still no key. Were initially told March, then April, then May. 8 days left in May - clearly not going to happen in May so we’ll be 6 months.

Really pathetic display of customer service by Lexus… Especially since they now are delivering RXs with 2 keys. Someone at corporate decided why **** off new customers when you can just annoy the ones you’ve already annoyed.

6 months on a 36 month lease without two keys is not really acceptable

Originally Posted by 2oa

Especially since they now are delivering RXs with 2 keys.

Originally Posted by Urlik

This was always going to happen otherwise every customer for years would get only one key at delivery. We still need to pick up ours. We've had our RX a year but the dealer is 4 hours away.

Originally Posted by Urlik

This was always going to happen otherwise every customer for years would get only one key at delivery. We still need to pick up ours. We've had our RX a year but the dealer is 4 hours away.

Originally Posted by mikemu30

Gosh - hopefully by now, they have it? You're just not in a rush to make the eight hour journey

Originally Posted by Urlik

This was always going to happen otherwise every customer for years would get only one key at delivery. We still need to pick up ours. We've had our RX a year but the dealer is 4 hours away.

Originally Posted by 2oa

understood - but they should have eased it in a bit more. 6 months and counting is not acceptable when you promised 3

Originally Posted by Urlik

They did exactly what the letter I received from Lexus stated, 4th quarter 2023.

Originally Posted by 2oa

They start handing out two keys to new buyers and suddenly it is June and they are nowhere to be found