How does push-button start work on cars?

Push-button start is standard on most modern cars, trucks and SUVs today. How does it work and is it better than ignition keys?
Carscoops

Tell Us The Coolest Button On Your Car, And What Does It Do?

Buttons. If you follow the logic of most manufacturers, you’d think that today’s consumers hate them. But for me, there’s nothing more infuriating in a modern car than having to delve into a ...
The Daily Dot

‘I turn it off every time because I am convinced that it wears out my starter’: Woman says nothing upsets her like this button on her car. What’s it even do?

Do you have an auto start-stop button? New cars are increasingly equipped with the feature, but one TikToker has had it. In a video complaint, Victoria Alese (@victoriaalese) says that the “Auto shut ...