Sony and Honda have teamed up to develop EVs, and the first will be built in North America.
While Honda will primarily focus on vehicle development and production for the joint venture, Sony will focus on developing an ecosystem around the vehicles, which would include an open community and various digital products, some of which will be offered via subscriptions. These might include entertainment services and possibly some vehicle functions, like self-driving capability.
In their announcement on Thursday, Sony and Honda said the SHM vehicles will have a high-level of self-driving capability, including for urban environments, with Sony to provide the imaging and sensing technology. The vehicles will still need the driver to monitor at all times, ranking them at Level 2 on the, but a Level 3 system, the first level where the driver can take their eyes of the road, will be developed, the companies said.
No further details have been confirmed as to which vehicles will be launched by the joint venture, though we know Sony has been testing prototypes based on its
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