On January 5, at the CES 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, Sony showed off a new electric vehicle, the Vision-S SUV, which is another electric vehicle released by Sony after the Vision-S sedan. Sony Chairman and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said a new division, called Sony Mobility Inc," will be set up to commercialize electric vehicles.
At CES 2022, Sony finally officially announced that it has entered the electric vehicle industry. The specific configuration of the Vision-S SUV is unknown, the appearance is really good, and it is in line with Sony's mobile phone and camera design concept. Sony said that the car has 40 sensors installed inside to monitor the safety situation, and the car supports 5G networks, which enables low-latency data transmission between the in-vehicle system and the cloud.
In addition, the car also supports entertainment space functions, including games and audio-visual functions. Maybe everyone, like Xiao Lei, has a question in their hearts, can Sony's electric car play PlayStation games? Now the on-board chip computing performance of high-end electric vehicles is no less than that of the PS5, there is no problem in running games, and Tesla's Model S has supported many games.
Sony as a giant in the game industry, the past PS console sales can have 8 figures, exclusive games are countless, if electric vehicles can run games on the PlayStation platform, then it can certainly attract a large number of consumers.
Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, has said the car is the ultimate mobile device. Integrating the functionality of other smart devices into cars is likely to be an industry trend, and sony cars running PlayStation platform games are almost inevitable.
However, when Sony's first electric vehicle can be listed, it has not yet been determined, today Sony only showed a few electric vehicles, there have been car on the road test, but the road test and product mass production are two different things, factory construction, supply chain integration is not something that can be done overnight.
Apple's electric vehicle division has been established for so many years, invested so much manpower and material resources, and to this day there is no product release, not even a concept car. Bloomberg has said that Apple's first electric car is expected to hit the market in 2025, and now it seems likely to be just a luxury.
Although Sony released two concept models, this does not mean that Sony has the ability to mass-produce electric vehicles, and today Sony announced the establishment of Sony Mobility Inc. The first electric car is estimated to take 3 to 5 years to go on the market.