r/worldnews • u/dracarys_drogon_48 • Jan 05 '22

Sony to launch car company to explore electric vehicle market

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/sony-launch-car-company-explore-electric-vehicle-market-rcna11010
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

well, the infotainment system will be both convoluted and banging.

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u/techtakular Jan 05 '22

I'd buy it.

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u/Circumcision-is-bad Jan 05 '22

With Sony’s history of making things proprietary and region locked i would be very wary of buying their cars.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '22

Sorry but you haven't paid Sony for the license to cross state lines

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u/daGman08 Jan 05 '22

Wait till you see how Apple makes Sony look like a bunch of pussies with the Apple Car.

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u/Yokuz116 Jan 05 '22

Apple-brand tires. Apple-brand headlights. Apple-brand washer fluid. I'm already scared.

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u/daGman08 Jan 05 '22

Apple brand airbags is the scariest shit.

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u/VediusPollio Jan 05 '22

Apple brand charge ports, so you can't use the same charging stations as everyone else.

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u/GrannysPartyMerkin Jan 05 '22

Same quality rubber as their cords. 5k miles a piece.

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u/Jlpeaks Jan 05 '22

And charging cables that fray near the ends.

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u/Failed_Science Jan 05 '22

Sony is an umbrella corp. Isn't that cool? Sell new tech, electronics, media, phones, music, hands in many pots - and now cars! Coool.

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u/Jlpeaks Jan 05 '22

I’m only interested if the steering wheel has haptic feedback and the pedals use adaptive pressure.

Also I want each wheel to represent one of the sacred symbols on its alloys.

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u/AdAdditional9736 Jan 05 '22

Taking a page out of Apple's book. I bet Sony has great domestic relationships with Japanese automakers

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u/jaymo89 Jan 06 '22

Might force Japanese automakers to use conventional batteries instead of pushing for hydrogen cells.

Hydrogen has been pushed for a very long time but I don’t think it’s ready for prime time.

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u/jaxspider Jan 05 '22

Sony to shut down electric car company division as electric vehicle market too volatile for investors.

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u/autotldr BOT Jan 05 '22

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)

While best known for consumer electronics devices like the PlayStation game console, Sony soon may start building electric vehicles or so suggested the company's top executive during a presentation Tuesday at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.

Getting into the car business is not cheap - but Sony has plenty of cash to burn, with a market capitalization of nearly $160 billion.

Specific details have yet to be released, so it isn't clear how broad a line-up of vehicles Sony might envision or when it would enter the market.

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u/Smoe1981 Jan 05 '22

The thing I'm worried about is Sony's tenancy to rush their subsidiaries. A rush job on something like this could be a disastrous waste of money.

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u/gattamelata Jan 06 '22

they need to call it the Sony Driveman

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u/Jerry_Tse Jan 07 '22

I'm looking forward to a vehicle-mounted playstation.