Sony commits to electric car venture, reveals S-Vision 02 concept at CES 2022

(Pocket-lint) - Sony is taking this full electrical car task precise earnestly indeed. Not lone did the Japanese tech elephantine uncover its S-Vision 02 SUV conception astatine CES 2022 - pursuing connected from its S-Vision conception 2 years earlier - it besides revealed it volition beryllium moving to commercialise successful the assemblage nether Sony Mobility Inc.

That's right, Sony truly is astir to statesman making electrical cars - and astatine this complaint it could beryllium a full batch sooner than you think, fixed the acceleration implicit conscionable a abbreviated 2 twelvemonth timeframe - successful a bid to instrumentality connected the likes of Tesla astatine its ain game. The S-Vision 02, pictured from the amusement floor, has a ocular familiarity astir it, that's for sure.

Sony Chairman, President and CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, revealed the concept, alongside the archetypal S-Vision vehicle, stating that "the excitement we received aft ... the Vision-S truly encouraged america to further see however we tin bring creativity and exertion to alteration the acquisition of [mobility]," Yoshida said.

"The S-Vision 02 has been developed connected a instauration of safety, adaptability and entertainment. Safety has been our fig 1 precedence successful creating a comfy mobility acquisition - and that has not changed with gathering this SUV. [It has] a full of 40 sensors installed wrong and extracurricular of the conveyance to show safety."

Let's not confuse Sony Mobility with Sony Mobile, eh? Given however the second is going, here's hoping Sony commits successful each the close places to marque its automotive effort a existent occurrence successful an ever-busying marketplace space.

Writing by Mike Lowe. Originally published connected 5 January 2022.