The Sony-Honda Afeela EV Will Begin At $102,900, Arrive In Mid-2026

This is a query: How a lot is enjoying Fortnite natively in your automobile actually value it?

If it is value no less than $102,900, think about being one of many first in line to order the Sony-Honda Afeela 1. The electrical sedan, a three way partnership between two of Japan’s prime shopper expertise firms, was revealed in manufacturing spec this night at CES. And it is undoubtedly not going to be low cost. 

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The Afeela 1’s debut mannequin, the Signature sequence, will begin at $102,900 and deliveries are slated to start out in mid-2026. If that is a bit too steep for you, think about ready till 2027 for the Origin trim. That one is just going to be $89,900.

Furthermore, no less than for now, the Afeela 1 appears to be solely obtainable in California, so it is clearly about to be aimed toward a really particular purchaser.

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Sony-Honda Afeela 1 CES 2025

As we have coated at previous CES-es and in our digital tour in New York, the Afeela 1 is the product of a three way partnership between Honda and Sony that can even yield an SUV and ultimately cheaper electrical fashions. Whereas it is being constructed by Honda in Ohio, Sony could be very a lot the one within the driver’s seat right here. The automobile is a sort of try and put Japan’s EV choices on par with the high-tech, software-defined electrical fashions popping out of China these days—and in order that Sony would not get left behind within the race to place extra expertise, gaming and leisure immediately into your automobile. 

Powered by a 91 kWh battery pack, the Afeela 1 boasts two electrical motors entrance and rear rated at 180 kW, so its complete system output needs to be round 480 horsepower. Vary is estimated round 300 miles, and it boasts fast-charging speeds of as much as 150 kW. The Afeela 1 will pack a Tesla-style North American Charging Commonplace (NACS) plug from the manufacturing facility. 

Sadly, that vary and charging velocity places the Afeela 1 far behind many fashionable EV opponents, particularly round that price ticket. A equally priced Lucid Air, for instance, has a peak charging price of over 300 kW and has a spread of no less than 420 miles. 

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Sony-Honda Afeela 1 CES 2025

However at tonight’s CES press convention, Sony officers burdened the Afeela 1’s technical competence. The sedan drove itself onstage whereas mobility chief Yasuhide Mizuno boasted that it got here to “near-final” kind in lower than two years. Mizuno stated that the Afeela 1 may have among the most superior automated driving help options available on the market due to a complete of 40 sensors, together with 18 cameras, 1 LIDAR array, 9 radar units and 12 ultrasonic sensors. Solely a small handful of LIDAR-equipped vehicles are, or can be, available on the market quickly, together with the Polestar 3 and Volvo EX90. 

Comparisons will inevitably be drawn to Tesla, which is a frontrunner within the automated driving area however controversially does so solely with cameras and synthetic intelligence—one thing critics say is nice for cost-cutting however leaves the vehicles much less conscious and fewer succesful than they might be with different sensor sorts. 

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