Sony announces car manufacturing: It is exploring the commercialization of Sony's electric vehicles

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Zijin Finance January 8 news In the keynote speech of CES 2022 Consumer Electronics Show, Sony Chairman, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced that Sony Group will set up a new division - Sony Mobility Inc, a new company focused on electric vehicles, Yoshida Kenichiro said: "We are exploring the commercialization of Sony electric vehicles. ”

At the CES Sony launch booth, the company showcased an existing Sony Vision-S sedan unveiled at CES last year, as well as a prototype of a new concept SUV called the Vision-S 02. Sony says safety has always been its number one priority, and that didn't change when the SUV was built, with a total of 40 sensors installed inside and outside the car to monitor the safety situation.

Sony unveiled the "VISION-S" concept for the first time at CES 2020, aiming to drive further development in the mobility space and showcase its prototypes. In order to make this concept really land, Sony began public road testing in Europe in December of the same year, verifying the safety of the image and sensing technology installed inside and outside the car and the user experience of the human-machine interface (HMI) system.

Sony began 5G ambient driving testing in April 2021 and will continue to provide a new experience for the mobility sector that is transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) by combining its cutting-edge technologies.

Since the beginning of 2021, there have been brands including Jidu Automobile, Xiaomi Automobile, Niuchuang Automobile, Box Car, Light Orange Automobile and other brands, and the restructured Chongqing Xinte Automobile has recently released a new brand "Electric House". In addition, Su Weiming, a former executive of Volkswagen, was exposed to be planning to build a car, and the new car brand is "Binli". Huawei and Xiaokang also released the AITO brand.