Sony Honda Mobility was established in 2022 to develop high-value-added EVs with enhanced entertainment functions, such as music and movies, and conversational artificial intelligence capabilities. But it called off the development and sales of the Afeela 1 EV as it would be unable to contract production to Honda, which reviewed its EV strategy last month amid the shrinking EV market in North America.
The companies plan to keep Sony Honda Mobility as a corporation and consider how to utilise AI and other technologies developed for the Afeela. They are expected to discuss new ways of collaborating in the field of mobility.
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