This year, at the CES 2022 show in Las Vegas, Sony put a "big move".
Sony Group Chairman and President Yoshida Sheichiro announced the establishment of a new company SonyMobility (Sony Mobility Corporation), a high-profile announcement into the field of new energy vehicles, and unveiled its first pure electric SUV, named VISION-S 02, which has also begun road testing.
From the current planning point of view, Sony and Huawei's car route has certain similarities.
First of all, both are business progress in recent years has been subject to certain resistance, Huawei needless to say. Sony, as a "big guy" in the field of electronic consumption and film and television entertainment, has rarely heard news recently.
Secondly, both announced that they would not build cars, but would only become suppliers of car companies. Huawei's original statement was: build a good car for the company, and Sony is visible in the company name. After all, there is still a certain gap between "travel companies" and car production, and it is still unknown whether Sony will follow in the ranks of car manufacturing.
Sony's VISION-S 02 unveiled this time adopts a minimalist design style in appearance and does not use complex lines to modify, so the new car looks quite comfortable.
Although the exterior part looks simple, the driver assistance equipment on the vehicle is quite rich. Think about it, after all, Sony, as a "shoulder handle" company in the field of imaging and the manufacture of photosensitive components, is unlikely to be stingy in its own first model.
On the VISION-S 02, Sony installed a total of 40 body sensors and 18 cameras, in addition to 18 millimeter wave radar and 4 lidar as a supplement. Therefore, the safety of the whole vehicle is not to worry at all.
In addition, due to the length, width and height of the vehicle reached 4895/1930/1650mm, the body wheelbase reached a staggering 3030mm. Therefore, the internal space of the vehicle is not worried at all, after all, this size performance is enough to rival a medium and large SUV.
Of course, in addition to the space advantages brought by the large size, VISION-S 02 is also quite interesting in the car entertainment system.
Judging from the interior pictures currently released, the new car is equipped with the popular triple screen, which extends from the main driver position to the co-driver's place, and the co-driver's entertainment screen can also be connected through the cloud to achieve online gaming.
Imagine taking your family on the weekend and playing tired of sitting in the car to play games.
Of course, in addition to having a super-sized screen, vision-S 02 also has a TOF in-car camera, which can not only monitor the driver's facial information and gestures, but also read the driver's lips. Vehicle-machine interaction is possible even in noisy environments.
Finally, there is the vehicle's power system. According to the current information, vision-S 02 or will be equipped with front and rear dual motors, the combined power of the two motors reached 400Kw, and can achieve 0-100 km acceleration in 4.8 seconds. This achievement is also at a medium and high level in the field of new energy.
In general, Sony's product strength is still very rich, but these alone are not enough to play with the "veterans" among the new forces. And Sony wants to let more consumers stand for it, and it must show more sincerity.
After all, a new energy vehicle is not only by automatic driving and intelligent cockpit can be stacked, but also depends on the manufacturer's tuning of the vehicle system and chassis and the product strength of the three electric systems, if these can keep up, Sony may not be able to occupy a place in the field of new energy, after all, its influence in the field of electronic consumption and film and television entertainment can not be underestimated.