Sony is not going to release cars

The concept presented earlier turned out to be just a “muscle game” – a demonstration of capabilities and technologies

The head of the Vision-S project, Izumi Kavanishi, said that Sony did not intend to become a carmaker, and the show car was just a demonstration of the company’s capabilities. In a conversation with Impress Watch, Cavanishi explained that Vision-S implements “future-proof Sony technologies,” for example, an autopilot with 33 sensors and 360 Reality Audio with surround sound and speakers built into the seats.

Interestingly, the top manager drew an analogy with smartphones, which became a revolution in the field of mobile communications – a similar thing will happen soon in the automotive market, according to Sony. Recall that, debuting at CES-2020, the electric car was developed in conjunction with NVidia, Continental, Bosch, ZF, Qualcomm and Blackberry. It is built on the Magna Steyr platform and is equipped with an electric power plant.