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January 17, 2023

Sony Honda Afeela Idea

Sony plans to enter the automotive house, and the Japanese client electronics big unveiled a prototype of its first automobile on the 2023 Client Electronics Present. Developed as a part of a three way partnership with Honda, the Afeela EV shall be constructed within the US for the North American market.

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Sony Honda Afeela Idea

The idea automotive is a four-door hatchback with some design parts that remind us of a Porsche Panamera. Its signature design component is what officers are calling the “Media Bar,” which is a strip of sunshine that shall be used for data and alerts for these across the automobile. It additionally incorporates a complete of 45 cameras and sensors.

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Sony Honda Afeela Idea

The Afeela is slated to obtain Degree 2 autonomous driving functionality with a possible future improve to Degree 3. Nothing else is thought or was revealed concerning the automobile’s different technical specs, together with the powertrain or estimated driving vary.

Count on the automotive’s infotainment and human-machine interface (HMI) expertise to leverage Sony’s intensive expertise in designing residence electronics and online game {hardware}. Sony has additionally developed audio methods which were utilized in automobiles so we now have little doubt the Afeela will embody certainly one of its personal.

The Afeela is slated to go on sale in early 2026. Which means manufacturing ought to begin within the latter half of 2025, probably on the EV manufacturing hub Honda is planning for Ohio. Sony was additionally mum on the potential gross sales and repair community for its automobiles, however it could stand to motive that Honda would possibly doubtlessly be concerned with this as effectively. Pricing shall be revealed nearer to the on-sale date.

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Sony is a widely known identify within the client electronics house, and its partnership with Honda implies that it might need a neater time breaking into the automotive market than a extra upstart model. So much can change in three years, although, so there’s all the time an opportunity that this product may eternally stay an idea. We’ll have to attend and see.

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