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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Technology
Asharq Al-Awsat

Sony, Honda Sign JV to Sell Electric Cars by 2025

Staff of Sony Group Corp. change seat arrangements during the Sony corporate strategy meeting for 2022 fiscal year at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, 18 May 2022. (EPA)

Japan's Sony and Honda Motor on Thursday officially agreed to an equally owned joint venture that will start selling electric cars in 2025.

Honda, like bigger rival Toyota Motor, has been slower to shift to electric vehicles (EV) than global automakers and is under pressure from investors to make cars that are carbon-free and equipped with newer technology such as self-driving features.

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