[wally_bert]

Sony, the one and only.

If they can make a car as good as they made BetaCam VTRs, they might do well.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The Not-Walk Man...

[Da Coyote]

Not bad looking. If it has typical Japanese quality and reliability, some established e-car makers should start shaking in their boots.

Given my experience with the electronics of German cars, they can kiss their sorry soon-to-be Muslem *sses goodbye.

[Crucial]

It better have an awesome sound system standard.

[Rio]

Samsung is in there, too...

https://wattev2buy.com/electric-vehicles/samsung-electric-car-strategy-samsung-renault-ev-models-sales-news/

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Kewl! A car you can drive and play Call of Duty and listen to the in-dash Walkman all at the same time!

[airplaneguy]

My brother is part of the group that does this.

[RayChuang88]

I got into arguments online saying that this concept is based on a REAL vehicle platform. Given it was built with the help of Magna Steyr (who has built vehicles on a contract basis for other automakers), the possibility it could be based on a platform Magna Steyr is familiar with is very high. My guess now: it's built based on the Jaguar I-Pace EV platform.

[bk1000]

Sony: Soon, Only Not Yet...

[Harpotoo]

Concept? It’s a friggn tesla!

[ctdonath2]

“Yoshida says nothing about horsepower, motors or range. But that’s not the point.”

Then apparently the point is just a demo platform for their other tech products.

As an ex-Sony fanboy, I’ll assume that it will indeed check all the desirable boxes for what customers think they want - and will go no farther, using fragile tech stacks to achieve some specs, the UI will have oddly annoying/dangerous quirks, and will be deliberately limited on some factors which it could otherwise do. Based on concrete examples I’ve bought, I’d expect: the no-contact key will fail a USB device driver update and remain physical-key-only from then on; you’ll get a “Update complete, tap OK to continue” in the middle of complex/dangerous traffic; the battery will be 100kW/h but will only allow use of middle 60kW/h charge range for reasons; high-speed home charging will be available but require an electrical infrastructure only available in Japan. Otherwise, it will be freaking awesome.

(Do I sound bitter? I should.)

[READINABLUESTATE]

Sony? No, baloney.

[Seruzawa]

Gotta be better than GMs.2

[Celtic Conservative]

Meh. Waiting for SHOT show.

CC

[Seruzawa]

They must be partnering with another auto company. There is a lot more to making a car than an electronics system.

[Moltke]

Probably has some new iteration of rootkit in it.

No thanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal

Any and all Sony products died for me right then and there. Wouldn't take it for free.

[Revel]

I hear that every 15 minutes the car will stop and play a movie add on the entertainment system.