Sony and Honda Cancel Their Big PlayStation-Integrated EV

Sony and Honda’s PlayStation-integrated electric vehicle collab felt too good to be true. Turns out it was. Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between the two companies, announced on Wednesday that it was discontinuing the development and launch of the Afeela vehicles. The Sony Honda Mobility Afeela 1 was a much-hyped EV model that would feature gaming capabilities, in-car movie viewing on screens throughout the vehicle, Zoom integration, a voice assistant, and some generative AI capabilities. The company even had plans for the car to eventually reach Level 4 autonomous driving abilities on city and highway roads. The company had recently debuted a pre-production version of the car along with an unnamed Afeela SUV concept at CES 2026, and the Afeela 1 was even picked among the best automotive tech at the conference this year by Gizmodo. It was supposed to arrive in California by the end of the year, and eager customers had already started paying to reserve their purchase. Now, both the car and the future SUV rendition are dead, and the joint venture, SHM, will be issuing full refunds for the reservation fees. The decision comes amid “Honda’s reassessment of its automobile elect