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Sony and Honda plan to launch joint electric vehicle firm

Kdad

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Sony Group Corp. is teaming up with automaker Honda Motor Co. to start a new company that will develop and sell electric vehicles, the electronics giant said Friday, its latest step into the rapidly growing sector.

Major global carmakers are increasingly prioritizing electric and hybrid vehicles as concern about climate change grows.

Sony’s news comes on the heels of a January unveiling of a new prototype, its Vision-S electric vehicle, and the announcement that its new subsidiary Sony Mobility will explore jumping into the growing sector.

Sony Group said in a statement Friday that the two Japanese names hope to establish their firm by the end of this year, calling it “a strategic alliance.”

“This alliance aims … to realize a new generation of mobility and services that are closely aligned with users and the environment,” Sony said in a statement.

Sales of their first electric model are expected to begin in 2025, with Honda responsible for its manufacturing but both companies working on design, tech and sales.
 
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Driving controls with DS5 when?
 

Fbh

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Most stable car on the market incoming
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Probably won't even need winter tires.
 

Fare thee well

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With the oil issues people are warning us about. We might need this; not that rare earth processing will probably be much easier.
 

sankt-Antonio

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If it takes them that long for VRR.....
I expect this to simply be a Honda with a Sony Screen inside and Sony sensors used. The actual work that Sony does is going to be minimal. The way Toyota "made" the new Supra.
 
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