Japanese tech giant Sony has joined hands with the Japanese carmaker Honda to Develop and introduce highly capable electric vehicles to the market. The two companies aim to sire a whole new company this year and launch the sales of their first vehicle in 2025.
The companies announced their collaboration last Friday and their new company will be incharge of designing, developing and selling the futuristic cars and will not own or involve in manufacturing facilities. In respect to its world renowned expertise is carmaking, Honda will be assigned to manufacture the cars at its own facilities. Sony will tackle the responsibility of developing the “Mobility Service Platform” for the electric car.
It is yet unclear how the electric car and its Mobility Service Platform will turnout but Sony already produces state of the art computer software, telecommunications equipment, films, music, video games and video game consoles. Sony has also been designing chips for cars. It is safe to say, the future for the offspring company seems bright.
Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO of Sony Group Corporation, introduced Vision-S 02, a prototype for the SUV vehicles they aspire to develop during a Sony press event for CES 2022 on January 4, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sony also stated in January about establishing a company named “Sony Mobility” to enter the electric vehicle market.
Honda too has been working tirelessly to touch the electric vehicle market and has stated that it would completely erase gas-powered vehicles from the market by 2040. Honda is currently collaborating with General Motors to develop electric vehicles.
In the past decade we have seen various technology companies and automobile companies stepping out of their comfort zone and developing new innovations in collaboration with different companies. Sony and Honda joining hands is another example for technology and automobile companies transitioning into each other’s sectors. This is the beginning of yet another fantastic promise.
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