Nearly every major player in the tech industry seems intent on branching into the ever-growing electric vehicle market, and the latest entrant has now become Sony, which not only showed off a couple of concept EVs at CES 2022 but also announced a brand new company.

Sony Vision-S EVs

Enter Sony Mobility Inc. that, just like its name implies, is Sony’s driveway into the world of cars for the very first time. A press release shows that the new company will aim to make the best use of AI and robotics technologies in order to explore entry into the EV market.

Multiple videos have also been posted on YouTube featuring the Vision-S 01 and Vision-S 02 EVs, with some showing how integrated with an owner’s lifestyle both can become with their smart features. Others showed off the design of the upcoming EVs — the exteriors with all of their futuristic goodness and the interiors with their intelligent dashboards.

Further, Sony seems to be envisioning driverless cars as the Vision-S EVs come with sensors installed all around the vehicle that recognize and analyze the surrounding environment in real-time. These sensors include high-sensitivity, high-resolution, wide dynamic range CMOS image sensors and LiDAR sensors that accurately sense three-dimensional space.

Additionally, Sony has fitted the EVs with tech from some of its other departments to feed the entertainment needs of their future buyers. There are seat speakers that create a 3D sound field using “360 Reality Audio”, promising a highly immersive music experience.

There is no official word on when the Vision-S electric vehicles will be going commercial but Sony has revealed that it would be establishing Sony Mobility Inc. in the spring of 2022, so there’s that.

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