The Afeela EV, the product behind the Sony Honda Mobility venture, is expected to arrive in 2026 touting autonomous driving. However, I'm still not sure I'm ready for it.

Sony and Honda's Afeela electric car is almost here, and it'll pack most of the features the two partner companies have promised. ... as well as a bump in the center of the roof for a lidar unit.

Sony calls it a sedan, but really the Afeela 1 is a generously sized hatchback with 27 cubic feet of trunk space. ... (12 ultrasonic, 9 radar, 1 lidar, and 18 cameras).

However, the Afeela 1, with its 18 cameras, 12 ultrasonic sensors, nine radars, and single lidar, should be capable of even greater autonomy—if SHM were permitted to deploy it, anyway.

The Sony-Honda Afeela EV Will Start At $102,900, ... 1 LIDAR array, nine radar sets and 12 ultrasonic sensors. Only a small handful of LIDAR-equipped cars are, or will be, ...

The Afeela 1 is loaded with a combined 40 different sensors—a mix of optical cameras, lidar, radar, and ultrasonics—and onboard computing capable of 800 TOPS to control the advanced driver ...

Sony Honda Mobility says the Afeela 1 has 40 sensors – including 18 cameras, one lidar system (that’s the box at the front of the roof), nine radars and 12 ultrasonic sensors.

The Afeela Intelligent Drive ADAS system uses 40 sensors (a combination of cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, and ultrasonic sensors) to “sense and collect data from the surroundings” to create a safe and ...

Sony Afeela, the EV with the silliest name, may offer everything you want, including AI, in a next-level self-driving electric automobile. It's been a long road for Sony Honda Mobility's Afeela EV ...

The joint electric car project by Sony Group Corp. and Honda Motor Co. saw its annual operating loss more than double to ¥52 ...