Deep Dive: At CES 2021, Sony reveals progress on its electric vehicle prototype with an increase in sensors and an update on supplier partner involvement.
For the second year in a row at CES, Sony Corp. showed an impressively designed, conceived, engineered, and built prototype electric car called the Vision-S. While it has previously said it has no plans to build the car for public consumption, the company announced that the its development activity has reached the next stage.
With completion of its Vision-S prototype electric vehicle in December 2020, public road testing commenced in Austria for technical evaluation. This is in an effort to continue advancement of vehicle development for safety and security, entertainment, and “adaptability.” Sony will continue to further develop the vehicle, and it plans to conduct driving tests in other regions going forward.
“Our Vision-S processes information from the surrounding environment in real-time, utilizing Sony’s advanced-sensing technologies,” said Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO, Sony Corp.
So, advancing its sensing technology is a goal of the project. In conjunction with this year’s CES reveal, Sony released a promotional video on other objectives of the car program. With the road-ready prototype, Sony says it hopes to contribute to the evolution of mobility by exploring not only how cars work and how they are made, but also their relationship with society.
“The human desire for mobility will never disappear,” said Izumi Kawanishi, Senior Vice President, AI Robotics Business Group, Sony Corp. “Believing there is a need to satisfy the human desire to move saf
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