Sony Honda Mobility
Japanese automotive joint venture company
Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (Japanese: ソニー・ホンダモビリティ株式会社, Hepburn: Sonī Hondamobiriti Kabushikigaisha) is a Japanese joint venture automotive company established by Sony Group Corporation and Honda Motor Company in 2022 to produce battery electric vehicles. The company markets its vehicles under the Afeela (Japanese: アフィーラ, Hepburn: Afīra) brand.
History
In January 2020, Sony revealed its first electric sedan prototype, the Sony Vision-S, at CES 2020. According to the company, the Vision-S incorporates Sony's imaging and sensing technologies. In contrast, Sony's artificial intelligence, telecommunication, and cloud computing technologies enable the continued updating and evolution of the vehicle's features. A second concept car, an electric SUV was unveiled in January 2022 at the CES 2022 as the Vision-S 02, while the original concept was retroactively renamed to Vision-S 01.
In April 2022, Sony established Sony Mobility Inc. as their mobility service arm. In March 2022, Sony and Honda signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen the discussion and exploration of forming a strategic alliance between the two companies.
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