Input unit in a motor vehicle for remotely providing user input to an electronic user interface in the motor vehicle, the input unit comprising a keyboard device, wherein the keyboard device comprising: - a portable core element; - a base plate arrangement that is attached to the portable core element and foldable relative to the portable core element between a first state and a second state; and - a plurality of key structures located on a first side of the base plate arrangement, wherein the plurality of key structures are designed to detect a first user input that is provided by the application of pressure on a respective key structure and wirelessly send a first user input signal to the electronic user interface, the first user input signal providing information on which key structure has been pressed; the keyboard device with the base plate arrangement in the second state is designed to function as a wireless pointer tool to remotely send a second user input signal to at least one predefined selectable element of the electronic user interface, wherein the second user input signal comprises at least one of an activation signal for enabling an electronic communication between the keyboard device and an electronic display unit of the electronic user interface, and/or a functionality selection signal (F1, F2, F3, F4); and wherein the keyboard device with the base plate arrangement in the second state determines a position and/or spatial orientation by means of a sensor (Q1, Q2) and provides information about the position and/or spatial orientation of the keyboard device in the second user input signal, wherein the portable core element comprises the sensor (Q1, Q2); characterized in that the input unit further comprises a tracking unit that is designed to detect a relative spatial position and/or orientation of the keyboard device with respect to the tracking unit, wherein the tracking unit is located separate from the keyboard device; and based on a calculation of the detected relative spatial position and/or orientation of the keyboard device with respect to the tracking unit, the tracking unit is configured to interpret whether the keyboard device is directed to the at least one predefined selectable element of the electronic user interface in the motor vehicle, a central electronic unit in the motor vehicle or a location outside the motor vehicle. wherein the keyboard device comprising: - a portable core element; - a base plate arrangement that is attached to the portable core element and foldable relative to the portable core element between a first state and a second state; and - a plurality of key structures located on a first side of the base plate arrangement, wherein the plurality of key structures are designed to detect a first user input that is provided by the application of pressure on a respective key structure and wirelessly send a first user input signal to the electronic user interface, the first user input signal providing information on which key structure has been pressed; - a portable core element; - a base plate arrangement that is attached to the portable core element and foldable relative to the portable core element between a first state and a second state; and - a plurality of key structures located on a first side of the base plate arrangement, wherein the plurality of key structures are designed to detect a first user input that is provided by the application of pressure on a respective key structure and wirelessly send a first user input signal to the electronic user interface, the first user input signal providing information on which key structure has been pressed; the keyboard device with the base plate arrangement in the second state is designed to function as a wireless pointer tool to remotely send a second user input signal to at least one predefined selectable element of the electronic user interface, wherein the second user input signal comprises at least one of an activation signal for enabling an electronic communication between the keyboard device and an electronic display unit of the electronic user interface, and/or a functionality selection signal (F1, F2, F3, F4); and wherein the keyboard device with the base plate arrangement in the second state determines a position and/or spatial orientation by means of a sensor (Q1, Q2) and provides information about the position and/or spatial orientation of the keyboard device in the second user input signal, wherein the portable core element comprises the sensor (Q1, Q2); characterized in that the input unit further comprises a tracking unit that is designed to detect a relative spatial position and/or orientation of the keyboard device with respect to the tracking unit, wherein the tracking unit is located separate from the keyboard device; and based on a calculation of the detected relative spatial position and/or orientation of the keyboard device with respect to the tracking unit, the tracking unit is configured to interpret whether the keyboard device is directed to the at least one predefined selectable element of the electronic user interface in the motor vehicle, a central electronic unit in the motor vehicle or a location outside the motor vehicle.