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The U.S. Olympic bobsled team borrowed Honda's wind tunnel for test runs

Popular Science

The U.S. Olympic bobsled team borrowed Honda's wind tunnel for test runs In West Liberty, Ohio, Team USA athletes boarded their bobsleds to gather data on aerodynamics. Honda's Ohio wind tunnel is 110,000 square feet and is typically used to measure vehicle aerodynamics. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In the daredevil sport of bobsledding, intrepid athletes crammed into a narrow sleigh offer their fates to gravity as they hurl down a banked, twisty ice track. Races can be won or lost in one hundredth of a second. The sleds reach speeds of 90+ miles per hour and the athletes withstand forces up to 5g.


Sony's first EV with Honda will let you remotely play PS5 in your car

Engadget

LG TVs add'delete' option for Copilot Sony's first EV with Honda will let you remotely play PS5 in your car The Afeela will be the first car to feature Sony's PS Remote Play. Faraway road trips just got a lot easier, at least for the passengers. Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between the two Japanese conglomerates created to produce electric vehicles, announced that its Afeela EV will come with PS Remote Play. While playing video games in a car may be a niche feature, it means drivers will have something to do when parked, and passengers can chip away at their favorite RPGs during long drives. According to the announcement, the Afeela will be able to run your PS5 and PS4 consoles remotely through the infotainment system's integrated display.


Taking on Tesla, Honda debuts wild 0 Series EV prototypes

Popular Science

Honda's all-electric Prologue, a collaboration vehicle manufactured in tandem with GM, has been a serious hit for the brand. The Prologue was the best-selling non-Tesla EV in the US in Q4. Using Tesla as a touchstone seems telling, revealing Honda's intentions in the industry. However, Honda isn't limiting itself and plans to offer vehicles with an array of powertrain options--gas-powered, hybrid, and electric--to please a wide spectrum of customers. After all, as Honda America's vice president of sales Lance Woelfer asserts, "electrification is a marathon, not a sprint." "The road to electrification will have some twists and turns," concedes Jay Joseph, vice president of American Honda's Sustainability and Business Development business unit.


The Acura RSX calls dibs on Honda's proprietary Asimo OS

Engadget

Honda has announced that its first original EV design, the Acura RSX, will use its proprietary Asimo operating system, according to The Verge. If those names sound familiar it's because RSX is a Honda nameplate from the early 2000s, and Asimo was a Honda project to build humanoid robots from the area, which was finally mothballed in 2018. Everything old is new again. Asimo OS was mentioned at CES 2025 alongside its 0 Series SUV and Saloon sedan EV concepts, but the Acura RSX will be the first production vehicle to get it. The operating system uses technology similar to its namesake robot to recognize external environments and understand people's intentions, according to the company.


Can Your Car Be Your Friend?

WIRED

Honda believes you want to talk to your car. The Japanese automaker this week shared new details about its 0 Series, its latest foray into electric vehicles. Two EVs, the 0 Saloon and the 0 SUV, will debut in 2026, with rounded, offbeat styling that whispers the future. The electric element is just a bit part of the innovation planned, Honda executives promised onstage at CES in Las Vegas. In a presentation during the show, Honda electrification head Katsushi Inoue emphasized the "new level of intelligent vehicle technology" built into the 0 series.


Honda's Saloon and Space-Hub EV concepts are now prototypes

Engadget

The futuristic looking concept electric vehicles that Honda had introduced at last year's CES are now much closer to becoming models you can actually buy. Honda has unveiled prototype versions of the 0 Series Saloon sedan and the 0 Series SUV at CES 2025. It also revealed that it will launch their production models next year in North America followed by Japan and Europe. The Honda 0 SUV will be introduced in the first half of 2026 and will be the first model in the lineup to enter production. It's a mid-size SUV that was originally presented as the Space-Hub concept and will be based company's newly developed dedicated EV architecture.


Honda is unveiling two Series 0 EV prototypes at CES 2025

Engadget

Honda is officially introducing two Series 0 electric vehicle prototypes at CES next year, and the company says they'll be available for purchase around the world sometime in 2026. The vehicles will be based on the futuristic-looking concepts the company presented at CES 2024, including a flagship model called the Saloon that featured an aerodynamic design. They'll be the company's first entries in the Series 0 lineup, which are also expected to feature an advanced driver-assisted system and, over the coming years, AI-powered automated driving features. In addition to presenting the prototypes themselves, Honda will also introduce a new proprietary vehicle operating system that the Series 0 cars will use. Plus, it will give you a look at the SoC powering the vehicles during the event. Honda trailed behind competitors in terms of making the transition to electric vehicles, but its first electric SUV, the Prologue, became one of the best-selling EVs in the US after its release in the country earlier this year.


What is a Godzilla anyway? The 70-year-old monster behind the movies

Al Jazeera

This is the second time Godzilla and King Kong have made a film appearance together in recent times with 2021's Godzilla vs Kong being the first instalment. Both films were directed by Adam Wingard. Godzilla x Kong made back its budget of 135m in the first weekend when it took in 195m at cinemas, according to figures from Box Office Mojo. In total, it has sold 209m in tickets so far and has scored a very respectable 92 percent Rotten Tomatoes audience rating. The origins of Godzilla go back 70 years to the first 1954 film release in Tokyo, Japan – Gojira, directed by Ishiro Honda.


RIP Apple Car. This Is Why It Died

WIRED

After a decade of rumors, secretive developments, executive entrances and exits, and pivots, Apple reportedly told employees yesterday that its car project, internally called "Project Titan," is no more. Those working on the technology of some four-odd hype cycles ago--electric, autonomous vehicles--will reportedly now focus on the vaunted advancement of the day, generative AI. The project wind-down was first reported by Bloomberg; TechCrunch reports the restructuring of Project Titan will likely include layoffs. "Prototypes are easy, volume production is hard, positive cash flow is excruciating," Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a few years back. It's a lesson would-be car companies--as well as Tesla--seem to learn again and again.


Honda to test automated EV and logistic robot in Ibaraki Prefecture

The Japan Times

Honda Motor said Thursday that it will conduct demonstration tests of a self-driving electric vehicle and a logistic robot in Ibaraki Prefecture from mid-February. The four-seater EV, named CiKoMa, can travel at speeds of up to 20 kph. It will transport people between a michi no eki roadside rest station in the city of Joso and a strawberry-picking farm 850 meters away for free. At the farm, people can take a walk with the WaPOCHI robot, which follows them by identifying their silhouette. It can carry cargoes weighing up to 30 kilograms. Honda aims to collect data from the tests for use in product development.