Two of Japan’s biggest companies are joining forces to take on Elon Musk’s company Tesla in the electric car market.
Yesterday, Sony and Honda announced that they plan to establish a new company that will manufacture electric cars, in an attempt to rival multi-billion dollar company, Tesla.
The company will use Honda’s pre-existing facilities to manufacture the vehicles, with Sony lending more input into the cars’ technology.
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“Although Sony and Honda are companies that share many historical and cultural similarities, our areas of technological expertise are very different,” said Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe.
“Therefore, I believe this alliance, which brings together the strengths of our two companies, offers great possibilities”.
Their first prototype, the ‘Vision-S 02’ will be a seven-seat luxury SUV with two 200kW e-motors that can reach speeds of 240km/h. It’s expected to be on the market by 2025.
Neither company are strangers to electric vehicles, with Honda releasing the ‘e’ in 2020, while Sony developed a prototype for the original ‘Vision-S’ the same year.
The ‘Vision-S 02’ is expected to feature brand new technologies such as lip reading and passenger-sensing capabilities, while utilising Sony’s existing gadgets including 360ยบ sound and remote connectivity with PlayStation hardware.
The price-point of the vehicles is yet to be revealed, but we’re hoping this collaboration will help make electric vehicles more accessible for young generations (taking down Elon Musk is a welcome bonus).