Seven things I learned about the Sony car while playing Gran Turismo inside one
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge You know how Sony’s making a electric car with Honda that’s coming in 2026? Sony Honda Mobility is now letting journalists seriously touch its Afeela prototype — and play with a Gran Turismo video game version of the car while sitting inside the actual machine. That’s why I drove to PlayStation’s North American headquarters last week, to try an Afeela inside an Afeela and touch the things we couldn’t touch before. But I got a bit more than I bargained for! Here’s my quick 50-second video of the experience, and a short list of the new things I’ve learned. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Verge (@verge) 1) Don’t expect test drives anytime soon. No, before you ask, they didn’t let me... Continue reading…
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You know how Sony’s making a electric car with Honda that’s coming in 2026? Sony Honda Mobility is now letting journalists seriously touch its Afeela prototype — and play with a Gran Turismo video game version of the car while sitting inside the actual machine.
That’s why I drove to PlayStation’s North American headquarters last week, to try an Afeela inside an Afeela and touch the things we couldn’t touch before. But I got a bit more than I bargained for!
Here’s my quick 50-second video of the experience, and a short list of the new things I’ve learned.
1) Don’t expect test drives anytime soon.
No, before you ask, they didn’t let me...
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