Sony and Honda showed the first production electric car Afeela 1

17.01.2025/12/15 XNUMX:XNUMX    479

The Sony Honda Mobility joint venture, founded in 2022, uses the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas for its announcements and premieres. Two years ago, the partners presented a concept car under the joint brand Afeela, and here is another milestone: the production-ready Afeela 1 liftback debuted in Las Vegas.

 

The Afeela 1 electric car is quite large: length – 4915 mm, width – 1900 mm, height – 1460 mm. Wheelbase – 3000 mm, and the declared ground clearance – 137 mm. The interior is designed for five people, the trunk volume is 765 liters according to the American EPA method.

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The developers position the Afeela 1 electric car very far from driver ambitions. They say that moving around in this car should reduce stress levels, and the interior is designed for content consumption. Therefore, there are large screens, an active noise reduction system, a steering wheel instead of the usual steering wheel, and the basic equipment includes a “level 2+” autopilot. Its arsenal includes a lidar on the roof, 18 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors and 9 radars.

The digital model of the environment is drawn by the Unreal Engine 5.3 game engine, and the onboard system is generally open to third-party applications, games and services. This was made possible thanks to close cooperation with the gaming giant Epic Games. And Microsoft provided the Azure OpenAI service (ChatGPT is integrated into it), on the basis of which an onboard electronic assistant with artificial intelligence was created.

Honda is responsible for developing the electric part of the car. Only one all-wheel drive modification is offered: two motors (front and rear) produce 245 hp each, total power - 490 hp. A full charge of the lithium-ion traction battery with a capacity of 91 kWh should be enough for 483 km according to the EPA cycle. The power of the DC charger is the average for today's times of 150 kW, but the Afeela 1 will have a NACS charging connector, which means access to the Tesla Supercharger network.

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So far, you can only place an order for the Afeela 1 electric car in California. The first two brand showrooms will open there in the second half of this year, one of which will be located in Fremont, where Tesla's main factory is located. However, the partners will produce Afeela liftbacks in Ohio - at the same factory where production is being prepared. Honda electric cars 0The main market will be the USA, but deliveries to Japan are also planned.




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