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Sony and Honda Scale Back Joint EV Venture After AFEELA Cancellation

Sony Honda Mobility to cut operations and redeploy all staff to parent firms after Honda's EV strategy overhaul made near-term product launches unfeasible under the existing joint venture structure.

International Business Times

'We Have No Chance Against This': Honda Reacts To China's Supplier Strength

It’s safe to say that Honda is in a bit of a pickle. It recently canceled two of its own electric vehicles, the 0 SUV and 0 Sedan, along with the Acura RSX revival. It will book up to $15.8 billion in losses, and that’s not all. The two Afeela-badged…

Motor1

The ‘PlayStation Car’ is dead — why Sony and Honda just pulled the plug on their Afeela EV before a single car was delivered

Sony Honda Mobility shelves the much-hyped Afeela 1 EV project amid turbulent times, but the car was ill-fated from the beginning

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Sony, Honda Discontinue AFEELA EV Development Despite Massive Announcements—But Why?

Sony Honda Mobility is no longer creating the AFEELA EV despite the massive announcements made earlier this year.

International Business Times

Sony And Honda's Afeela EVs Are Dead

The Afeela 1 electric sedan was almost ready for production, and an Afeela SUV was in the works.

InsideEVs

Sony And Honda Are Making An SUV

The first concept vehicle to break cover in 2026 comes from a brand you might not even know existed. Afeela is the product of Sony Honda Mobility, a joint venture between the two Japanese giants formed to build electric vehicles. Although the EV market is cooling in the United States,…

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Sony And Honda Want To Make This Afeela Electric SUV

It’s called the Afeela Prototype 2026, and it made a surprise debut at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. It's scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. in just two years.

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The First Afeela EVs Have Rolled Off The Production Line

Pre-production builds are underway as Sony-Honda Mobility targets a mid-2026 start for Afeela 1 deliveries.

InsideEVs

Sony and Honda’s Afeela EV Will Let Passengers Play PS5 Games via Remote Play

Gaming on the go.

Operation Sports

Sony and Honda are building a car, and I’ve been behind the wheel

OPINION: Exclusive: The Afeela 1 is the first car from Sony Honda Mobility and our Electric Vehicles Editor Steve Fowler had a demo at the opening of its new Beverly Hills showroom

The Independent UK

Trump Could Clamp Down On EVs Even More With New Fuel Economy Rules

The Trump administration and its allies say that cars are too expensive. These days, not many people would disagree, but the GOP's underlying target with those claims is often electric vehicles. Now, Trump's U.S. Transportation Department seems to be going after fuel economy rules that were used by the Biden administration…

InsideEVs

Sony-Honda Can't Explain Why You Should Buy The Afeela EV

Sony-Honda Mobility is serious about making an electric vehicle. It has a real product, that I’ve sat in. It has the full might of Honda’s EV hub in Marysville, Ohio behind it. There’s an AI assistant, PlayStation integration and a suite of driver-assistance systems. The Sony-Honda Afeela 1 has everything…

InsideEVs

What Honda And Nissan Aren’t Telling Us About Their Merger

The rapidly advancing electric vehicle industry often raises more questions than it answers. The Honda-Nissan merger is no different. When complete, it would become the world’s third-largest automaker, but many details remain under wraps. Perhaps they're waiting for clarity on EV policy after Trump's inauguration, or maybe the complexities of…

InsideEVs

Sony-Honda Afeela EV: A Built-In PlayStation 5 To Battle China's Best

Right now, China’s electric vehicle sector is delivering a generation of new cars so high-tech that they make some of the best rides in America look like whatever hooptie you drove in high school. They’re electric, filled with screens and software features, and connected. Here’s a great example: the Xiaomi…

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Marie Claire

Lana Del Rey Says Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley’s Love Inspired Her Marriage

She says Antonoff is "a big reason why I waited so long to get married, and why I met my amazing husband.”

Tom’s Guide

I sat inside Sony-Honda’s Afeela, and I am not sure if I’m ready for this self-driving EV

The Afeela EV, the product behind the Sony Honda Mobility venture, is expected to arrive in 2026 touting autonomous driving. However, I'm still not sure I'm ready for it.

InsideEVs

We'll See An Updated Sony-Honda Afeela Prototype At CES

Honda may be late to the game with electric vehicles, but it's got aggressive plans to catch up fast that include a huge production hub in Ohio and lots of new technologies developed in-house. But the wild card in that plan is its unexpected tie-up with Japanese consumer electronics and…

TechRadar

I sat inside an Afeela and I am so ready for this Sony Honda Mobility EV future

We finally got to step inside an Afeela, the Sony Honda collaboration that is stuffed with technology

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'Very Scared': Sony-Honda Chief Warns Japan Of China's EV Dominance

Yasuhide Mizuno, the head of Sony-Honda’s EV joint venture Afeela, warns Japan "will always be followers" to China in the electric race unless things change.

InsideEVs

'It's Going To Be Tough': Hyundai On EV Competition In Second Half Of 2024

Today on Critical Materials, Hyundai warns of EV competition for 2H24 and prepares for a dealership legal battle. Plus, Afeela and Honda to share EV platforms.

InsideEVs

VW Is Launching A New EV Truck Brand. Its Dealers Are Pissed They Might Get Cut Out

When Honda and Volkswagen both revealed that their two new sub-brands would operate independently of the existing dealership network, the industry got heated.

InsideEVs

Lack Of Exposure, Experience Is Also Hurting EV Sales: Consumer Reports

The more firsthand and secondhand experience people have with electric vehicles, the more likely they are to buy them, Consumer Reports finds.

InsideEVs

Afeela EV To Be Capable Of Level 3 Self-Driving Thanks To Qualcomm Chips

The Afeela will reportedly feature screen graphics developed on the Unreal Engine, the same that powers the interior displays of the GMC Hummer EV.

Axios

Sony and Honda's "Afeela" car showcases automotive's high-tech future

Axios got a look inside the Afeela prototype.

InsideEVs

Sony And Honda To Lease The Afeela EV Over 5 to 10-Year Terms

Sony and Honda believe the upcoming Afeela EV will have the advanced tech and ongoing software updates to be a long-term car for buyers.

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