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

GM is gradually removing the vehicle start button with the rollout of its new all-electric vehicles, including Ultium-based models like the Chevy Silverado EV, Chevy Blazer EV, and Chevy Equinox EV.

How do you start your car? Is it a push button with a proximity key, a standard key that you turn, or that weird thing BMW did for a while where you have to put the fob in the dash before the button ...