Remote Cloud Key (RCK) is a single universal key that provides access and start authorization on vehicles from multiple OEMs (Contact us for OEM coverage) and is the most cutting-edge solution on the market today.
RCK can be added as an additional third key to a vehicle, and has the option to be powered using standard AA batteries or the vehicle battery. After the RCK is added as an additional key, it can be easily concealed into the vehicle’s paneling. This is the most secure virtual key solution available for the aftermarket vehicles. Once the virtual key is downloaded on to the mobile App, the RCK can be controlled via Bluetooth and is not reliant on cellular network connectivity.
Use Case: Serviceprovider & Fleet Management passenger vehicles
Use Case: OEM
Continental’s Key as a Service makes keys available anytime and anywhere
Real vehicle keys have one big disadvantage that truck and coach drivers, workshops and car rental companies come across on a daily basis – the keys aren’t always at hand when they’re needed. Vehicle handover is much easier with Continental’s Key as a Service platform, because a real key is no longer needed – the vehicle can be opened and started easily using a smartphone app. This offers quite a few advantages:
Highest level of security standards with authorization in the Continental Cloud
When the driver approaches to within 40 meters of the vehicle, he can use the smartphone app to contact the key electronics via Bluetooth Low Energy. The connection is doubly secured: the system uses the secure communication between the wireless key electronics and the control unit in the vehicle. The control unit also verifies the authorization of the smartphone via the Continental Cloud using its integrated SIM card – and the driver can only open and start the vehicle if the virtual key from the cloud confirms that the smartphone is actually authorized for that vehicle. Alternatively, the procedure can also be carried out via a Bluetooth or NFC card (NFC = Near Field Communication).
Use Case: Workshop & Road assistance
Technology Concept
The KaaS solution provides APIs, an admin interface to the Continental Cloud backend and SDKs for integration with the user’s application.
Download the virtual key from the Continental Cloud backend onto the Key as a Service SDK embedded on your mobile app and communicate exclusively with the vehicle using Bluetooth connectivity to lock, unlock and start the vehicle.
Incredibly secure communication channels between the Continental Cloud, the Remote Cloud Key Hardware, the Mobile SDK and the Customer Backend guaranteed by mutual authentication and data encryption.
Security Concept
RCK can be added as an additional third key to a vehicle, and has the option to be powered using standard AA batteries or the vehicle battery. After the RCK is added as an additional key, it can be easily concealed into the vehicle’s paneling. This is the most secure virtual key solution available for the aftermarket vehicles. Once the virtual key is downloaded on to the mobile App, the RCK can be controlled via Bluetooth and is not reliant on cellular network connectivity.
Use Case: Serviceprovider & Fleet Management passenger vehicles
Use Case: OEM
Continental’s Key as a Service makes keys available anytime and anywhere
Real vehicle keys have one big disadvantage that truck and coach drivers, workshops and car rental companies come across on a daily basis – the keys aren’t always at hand when they’re needed. Vehicle handover is much easier with Continental’s Key as a Service platform, because a real key is no longer needed – the vehicle can be opened and started easily using a smartphone app. This offers quite a few advantages:
Highest level of security standards with authorization in the Continental Cloud
When the driver approaches to within 40 meters of the vehicle, he can use the smartphone app to contact the key electronics via Bluetooth Low Energy. The connection is doubly secured: the system uses the secure communication between the wireless key electronics and the control unit in the vehicle. The control unit also verifies the authorization of the smartphone via the Continental Cloud using its integrated SIM card – and the driver can only open and start the vehicle if the virtual key from the cloud confirms that the smartphone is actually authorized for that vehicle. Alternatively, the procedure can also be carried out via a Bluetooth or NFC card (NFC = Near Field Communication).
Use Case: Workshop & Road assistance
Technology Concept
The KaaS solution provides APIs, an admin interface to the Continental Cloud backend and SDKs for integration with the user’s application.
Download the virtual key from the Continental Cloud backend onto the Key as a Service SDK embedded on your mobile app and communicate exclusively with the vehicle using Bluetooth connectivity to lock, unlock and start the vehicle.
Incredibly secure communication channels between the Continental Cloud, the Remote Cloud Key Hardware, the Mobile SDK and the Customer Backend guaranteed by mutual authentication and data encryption.
Security Concept