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Sony’s Afeela needs to be more than a feeling


Stepping into the Sony Honda car.

But when we climbed inside the Afeela’s cabin for the first time at CES, as you’ll see in our embedded gallery and video, Sony Honda wasn’t focused on the car part. I certainly wouldn’t mind driving a concept-y, high-tech car rather than one whose edges have all been sanded off to cater to the masses, and I suspect that’s one of the reasons Tesla has been so successful with its software-updatable vehicles — including controversialfeatures that go too far. The next time we slide into the cockpit, here’s hoping it won’t be a hands-off experience with a Sony Honda rep at the controls — but us driving a car that’s clever enough for both gearheads and nerds to love.

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