Fascinating to see of Japanese entertainment powerhouse Sony Group Corporation’s announcement this week that it will be launching an #electricvehicles company later on this year called “Sony #Mobility Inc.”

While one can say that isn’t altogether unexpected – indeed, back in 2020 at the Consumer Technology Association’s CES show, Sony first exhibited an #EV – the announcement at the 2022 CES does confirm the conglomerate’s formal intention to enter the fray and compete in the EV market.

Like Apple, which announced its plan to launch a self-driving EV by the 2025, Sony has set out its stall to combine #transportation with entertainment.

"Vision-S 02", the EV model announced at the 2022 CES show, apparently has two 200kW motors and a top speed of 112 miles per hour (182 kilometres per hour). It also leverages Sony’s #entertainment prowess with in-seat speakers and remote-enabled PlayStation capabilities, amongst other delights.

Portending a #future where we may be behind the wheel not as drivers but, rather, as passengers in our #technology-enabled “electric entertainment vehicles" (called EEVs?) these EV concepts suggest a time when commuting time may become a natural extension of time at home, on the settee, relaxing.

Could that reality prompt a boomerang back into offices from the work-from-home #business modus operandi many have moved to (happily) to avoid the commute?

What do you think?

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