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Afeela Category: Vehicle Marque Official Site: SHM-Afeela.com Wikipedia: Sony Honda Mobility Address: 
Description: The marque name of the Sony-Honda joint venture formed in September 2022. Page Sections: History ยท Article Index |
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Sony Honda Mobility page on 28 August 2023, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
In January 2020, Sony revealed its first electric sedan prototype at the 53rd Consumer Electronics Show. The vehicle was called the Sony Vision-S. According to the company, the Vision-S incorporates Sony's imaging and sensing technologies. In contrast, Sony's artificial intelligence, telecommunication, and cloud computing technologies enable the continued updating and evolution of the vehicle's features.[7] A second concept car, an electric SUV was unveiled in January 2022 at the 55th Consumer Electronics Show as the Vision-S 02, while the original concept was retroactively renamed to Vision-S 01.
In April 2022, Sony established Sony Mobility Inc. as their mobility service arm.
In March 2022, Sony and Honda signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen the discussion and exploration of forming a strategic alliance between the two companies. In June 2022, while still in the process of negotiating the details of the partnership, both companies announced that their joint venture company would be called "Sony Honda Mobility Inc."
The company was officially announced through a press conference on October 13, 2022. According to the company, it aims to become a software-oriented "Mobility Tech Company".
On January 5, 2023, the company revealed its first electric vehicle prototype under the brand name Afeela at the 56th Consumer Electronics Show. The prototype is a four-door sedan that will be produced in the U.S. in 2026 and will feature Level 3 automated driving capabilities under limited conditions.
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| 19 September 2022 | Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Sony Honda Mobility Inc. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties to the venture are: Sony Group Corp, Tokyo, JAPAN; and Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Department of Justice Byline: Suzanne Morris Topics: Afeela, Honda, Sony |