The ‘PlayStation Car’ is dead — why Sony and Honda just pulled the plug on their Afeela EV before a single car was delivered

• Sony Honda Mobility has scrapped the Afeela EV project
• “It does not have a viable path forward” a new statement reveals
• Pressure is mounting on Honda to stem losses

Anyone who has attended the Consumer Electronics Show over the past decade will have experienced the hype around Sony Honda Mobility — but that bubble has now sadly burst with the joint venture scrapping its long-awaited Afeela project.

The venture was officially announced in 2022 and came about after Sony debuted its headline-grabbing Vision S concept vehicle at the turn of the decade.

While relatively generic from the outside, the electric vehicle promised Sony’s computing power on the inside, effectively transforming the cabin into a movie-bingeing, button-bashing paradise for fans of Triple-A titles.

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