Watch Out, Apple Car! Sony Is Testing Its Own EV Sedan Autoweek 1/12/2021
Sony starts road trials of Vision S-EV prototype, first seen at CES 2020.
Midsize EV sedan features tech from multiple companies including Magna Steyr.
Sony has indicated it intends the car to be a demo for its in-car tech.
For an electric car that was supposedly just a technology demonstrator, unveiled in a surprise debut at the Consumer Electronics Show a year ago, the Sony car is sure doing road tests like a pre-production prototype. The sleek electric sedan dubbed Vision S-EV, which seemingly came out of nowhere, was a collaboration between electronics juggernaut Sony, supplier giant Magna Steyr (that regularly builds cars for other automakers), and a whole supporting cast of software companies and automotive suppliers including Nvidia, Qualcomm, ZF, Bosch, Continental, and others.