Sony Honda Mobility Unveils Afeela 1 EV With ADAS and 480-Kilometre Claimed Range at CES 2025

Sony Honda Mobility’s Afeela 1 was unveiled on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas on Monday. It is the primary electrical car (EV) as a part of the three way partnership between two Japanese conglomerates — Sony Group Corporation and the Honda Motor Company, which was formulated in 2022. The Afeela 1 is claimed to ship a hassle-free and protected driving expertise, leveraging over 40 sensors which energy the superior driver help techniques (ADAS) suite. It additionally presents linked automobile options powered by Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Digital Chassis options.

With its first-ever EV unveiled at CES 2025, Sony Honda Mobility is focusing on a most vary of 300 kilometres on a single cost, taking over large hitters reminiscent of Tesla and Rivian within the US EV market.

Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1 Price

Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1 value begins at $89,900 (roughly Rs. 77 lakh). It is obtainable in two trims — Origin and Signature, and the latter provides a number of options reminiscent of 21-inch wheels, a rear leisure system, and C-CMS (Center Camera Monitoring System). The Afeela 1 Signature is priced at $102,900 (roughly Rs. 88 lakh). With Afeela 1 purchases, prospects will obtain a 3-year complimentary subscription for sure performance and options.

It is on the market in three exterior color choices — Tidal Gray, Calm White, and Core Black, and black and gray inside colourways. The Afeela 1 gross sales will formally start in California in 2025 and deliveries in mid-2026. Customers can pre-reserve the EV by paying $200 (roughly Rs. 17,000).

Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1 Features

According to Sony Honda Mobility, the Afeela 1 EV includes a 3D Motion Management System for trip consolation and dealing with on varied highway surfaces. It leverages poster management know-how by means of robotics growth to combine management of the electrical motor, brakes, and suspension. It is supplied with the corporate’s proprietary noise-cancelling know-how and vibration discount which will increase quietness ranges contained in the cabin, enabling passengers to deal with in-car leisure.

70 Percent of Afeela 1 EV’s Interior Cabin is Made from Recycled Materials
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Driving the cabin leisure expertise is an optimised sound system and shows by seat. It has Sony’s 360 Spatial Sound know-how that’s claimed to ship a spatial sound expertise. This is consistent with the corporate’s ambitions of providing the Afeela 1 as a “Mobility as a Creative Entertainment Space”. For controlling varied in-car features, there’s an interactive agent dubbed Afeela Personal Agent which works through pure voice interactions. Sony Honda Mobility says Afeela 1 could be upgraded and expanded through over-the-air (OTA) updates.

The EV options an digital management unit (ECU) with a computing energy of as much as 800 TOPS and synthetic intelligence (AI) know-how. It additionally will get a Snapdragon Digital Chassis and is generative AI built-in, courtesy of Sony Honda Mobility’s partnership with Qualcomm. The ADAS suite takes benefit of 40 sensors together with cameras, LiDAR, radars, and ultrasonic sensors. Afeela 1’s shows use Unreal Engine 3 to visualise ADAS views and maps, offering a view of departure factors, parking locations, and end-to-end routes. The firm guarantees a most vary of 480 kilometres on a single cost.

Sony Honda Mobility says 70 p.c of Afeela 1’s is made from plant-derived and recycled supplies. Furthermore, recycled supplies are additionally used within the development of the physique metal plate and the chassis.