Sony unveils new car that can be driven using PS5 controller

People are flooding to social media in awe over Sony's unveiling of its latest car which can be driven using a PS5 controller.

I can almost hear PS5 fans jumping for joy, thinking gone are the days where you have to sit behind a screen with your DualSense and try and imagine you're not sat on the sofa as you whizz around a racecourse.

Prepare to feel like you've stumbled into Leave the World Behind:

Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (SHM) unveiled the prototype for its latest vehicle at the annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) trade show - organized by the Consumer Technology Association - located in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday (9 January).

Representative Director, President and COO Izumi Kawanishi took the stage to unveil the prototype - named AFEELA - bringing it on stage not by getting behind the wheel himself, but using a PS5 controller.

The caption reads: "AFEELA driven by DualSense."

And indeed, with a flick of the joystick by Kawanishi, the glossy grey car can be seen in the video gliding onto the stage with no one in the driver's seat.

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People flooded to the comments of the post in awe of a car being driven using a PS5 controller.

One Instagram user said: "Best company forever."

"Sounds cool…but this might not be safe considering millions of controllers exist," a second added.

A third commented: "Im srry but, if someone hacks this thing while on road."

"Gran Turismo 15 Pro max edition," a fourth added.

However, before you get too excited, there's a catch.

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The caption to the video posted to Instagram by Sony on Tuesday (8 January) notes the new car being driven by a PS5 controller is for the 'tech showcase only'.

So, it looks like you're stuck behind your screens for now then gamers.

But, that's not to take away from all the other cool high-tech aspects of the car's design.

The AFEELA hopes to 'redefine the relationship between people and mobility,' using artificial intelligence to help its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and improve 'perception and machine learning for path planning' with Vision Transformer too.

In his introduction of the prototype, Kawanishi noted the company wants to 'revolutionize how people move, making mobility interactive and expressive', but also with safety as a 'top priority'.

Well, it's just as well the cars won't actually be able to be driven with a PS5 controller by the masses then.

Topics: Cars, Technology, Gaming, Sony, YouTube, Social Media

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.