Sony and Honda are scrapping Afeela, their joint EV that you could play PlayStation in
Less than two weeks after Honda said it would take an up to $15.7 billion write-down as it restructures its EV business, the automaker is scrapping an electric vehicle made in a joint venture with Sony.
The Afeela 1, a $90,000 EV with PlayStation 5 integration, was set to begin deliveries later this year.
A nearly six-figure EV that you could play “The Last of Us” in doesn’t exactly sound like a bestseller in the current electric vehicle landscape, but the announcement is still surprising given how far along the joint venture was. The JV had a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of its delivery hub in California on March 21. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the JV teased a crossover SUV prototype as a second model.
In Honda’s EV write-down announcement earlier this month, the automaker canceled three models planned for production in the US.
A nearly six-figure EV that you could play “The Last of Us” in doesn’t exactly sound like a bestseller in the current electric vehicle landscape, but the announcement is still surprising given how far along the joint venture was. The JV had a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of its delivery hub in California on March 21. At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the JV teased a crossover SUV prototype as a second model.
In Honda’s EV write-down announcement earlier this month, the automaker canceled three models planned for production in the US.
