Two of Japan’s biggest companies came together some two and a half years back to develop an electric vehicle. Sony Honda Mobility has now unveiled i

Sony-Honda’s 275-mile electric sedan set to launch in US

submited by

Style Pass

2024-12-14 06:30:02

Two of Japan’s biggest companies came together some two and a half years back to develop an electric vehicle. Sony Honda Mobility has now unveiled its first model, a four-door fastback saloon that's packed with AI and even a computer graphics game engine.

First unveiled as a prototype sedan at CES 2023, Sony Honda Mobility chief executive Yasuhide Mizuno introduced the world to the Afeela brand, saying that it represented “a new relationship between people and mobility.”

This is much more than a Honda vehicle development project with minor input from Sony. In fact, it's a 50/50 collaboration that's covered in both of the company's fingerprints. So, it goes without saying that the car will be loaded with tech.

Two electric motors, one on each axle, generate 241 horsepower (180 kW) to power the all-wheel drive vehicle. No rating for combined horsepower has been made public just yet.

Beneath the floorplate of the Afeela EV is a 91-kWh battery pack that's compatible with 150-kW fast charging. Although unconfirmed just yet, the vehicle could offer a range of 250 - 275 miles on a single charge – based on calculations made by Tech Radar's Lance Ulanoff after he recently got to see the prototype in the flesh at the Classic Car Club hanger on Manhattan's West side. This would put it on par with the Tesla Model 3.