Surprise! Sony Shows an Electric Sedan at CES

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Sony says it wants to “reimagine mobility as we know it, opening up a new world of mobility using creativity and technology.”

If we had a nickel …

Now the Tokyo-based entertainment conglomerate says it wants to inspire people and provide greater peace of mind through mobility. Oy.

Sony’s Vision-S is roughly 5-Series-sized.

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Providing that automotive nirvana is a four-seat, all-wheel-drive sedan called the Vision-S, an EV the company unveiled at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show. Sony says the car, roughly the same size as BMW’s 5-Series, is designed to show what it and several suppliers can do. Sony teamed with Magna Steyr—think Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Toyota Supra/BMW Z4—to develop the platform, and the car uses two 200-kW (268-hp) electric motors, good enough for a 4.8-second sprint to 62 mph and a 149-mph top speed.

A screen runs the width of the dash housing the infotainment system, various video screens and two screens on the outer corners showing the footage from side cameras.

The company also says the car has 33 (!) sensors to monitor what’s happening outside the vehicle and to keep occupants safe inside, as well.

While suppliers such as Qualcomm, Continental, Nvidia, Bosch and ZF helped Sony create the Vision-S concept, everyone is so far being tight-lipped about any production possibilities.

Source: Autoweek