TOKYO -- Sony Group and Honda Motor are preparing to take orders for their first electric vehicle, two and half years after the two icons of Japan Inc. first joined hands for the project.

Izumi Kawanishi, head of Sony Honda Mobility, was previously involved in developing Sony's PlayStation, its robotic dog series Aibo and Sony's first attempt to develop a car in 2020.
Joint venture's Afeela to compete on software, but tariff and subsidy concerns loom