Sony apparently might get into the electric car business with a Tesla looking car reveal at the latest electronics show. Interesting...





https://www.theverge.com/2020/...nnouncement-ces-2020

Sony just made what might be one of the biggest surprise announcements at this year’s CES: a car. Called the Sony Vision-S, it’s an electric concept sedan that is meant to showcase the Japanese tech conglomerate’s many different strengths, from entertainment products to camera sensors and more.

In fact, the Vision-S features 33 different sensors inside and outside of the car, multiple widescreen displays, 360 audio, and always-on connectivity, with some pieces coming from industry players like BlackBerry and Bosch. It’s also powered by a “newly-designed EV platform” — which appears to have been engineered by automotive supplier Magna — that Sony says will be able to power other vehicle types, like SUVs.

The outside of the vehicle has some strong Porsche vibes, especially around the headlights, and in side profile it somewhat resembles the Lucid Motors Air. Inside, the Vision-S features a dashboard-spanning screen much like the one that Chinese EV startup Byton is putting in its cars, with screens for rear-seat passengers in the headrests.

“This prototype embodies our contribution to the future of mobility,” Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said.

The company announced the car at the tail end of its CES press conference, where it also unveiled the logo for the upcoming PlayStation 5. Sony only spent a minute or two discussing the car before ending the press conference, too, and so it left tons of questions unanswered. Does Sony (or Magna) intend to put this into production, or is it just meant to be a reference car? Will Magna let other companies build their own prototypes or reference cars on the platform?

And, of course: will we be able to play it in Gran Turismo?

Sony also announced that its successful image sensor division also seems to be making investments into technologies that are adjacent to self-driving, including LIDAR and Time-of-Flight cameras. Below, find a bit from the company’s press release about how it describes those investments.

CMOS image sensors which achieve high sensitivity, high definition and high dynamic range while also suppressing LED flicker*3 to deliver accurate object recognition, even in situations where conventionally detection has been difficult.

Solid State LiDAR which uses highly accurate distance measurement to gain a precise 3D grasp of real-life spaces.

Sensor fusion technology which merges the capabilities of sensors of varied attributes to enable early and accurate recognition, even in challenging conditions such as fog, backlight and night-time driving.

Time-of-Flight (ToF) in-cabin sensing solutions use distance measurement technology to detect and recognize people and objects inside the car. This information is used to provide an optimized infotainment system with intuitive interfaces such as gesture control and improve safety and comfort inside the vehicle.

Interesting.
I don’t see a lick of Porsche in that thing at all. Around the headlights? What is this clown talking about. When one thinks of Porsche headlights one thinks of round or oval headlights that are taller than wide not short and wide.

Eh, if you squint really hard it's vaguely reminiscent of like a 944 or a 928.

Sort of.

Not a bad-looking car, except for the "angry fish" front end. At least it's a little more subdued than Toyota's.

No price tag...

Decent looking car. Tail reminds me of a Subaru SVX.

So this is why Sony is cancelling my PSVUE streaming tv service?????? WTF????? heheehehehehe

quote:

Originally posted by downtownv:
No price tag...

It's a concept, they have no intention of actually making it.

Virtue signaling.

Title: "releases" -- has this actually been "released?" As in, you can go to your Sony dealer and buy one?

Click bait?

quote:

Originally posted by Black92LX:
Interesting.
I don’t see a lick of Porsche in that thing at all. Around the headlights? What is this clown talking about. When one thinks of Porsche headlights one thinks of round or oval headlights that are taller than wide not short and wide.

My immediate thought on seeing the first photo was Porsche Taycan

Yes but will you actually be able to own the sony car or just have a EULA to operate it....

they are just showing all of the tech they have available for the auto market. Nobody is going to see any Sony cars

Um, okay.

Why does the hood look like a toilet seat? If I push down on the passengers mirror... Whoosh!

Can it be worse than the spittoon on the front a Lexus?