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Aldenhoven (dpa) - Sony is further developing its electric car prototype with the connection to the super-fast 5G data network.

The car should be able to load software updates via radio and also synchronize control signals.

Together with the mobile communications provider Vodafone, Sony is working on the functions on a test track in Aldenhoven near Aachen, both companies announced on Wednesday.

Among other things, it is about maintaining a stable connection to the cellular network even at high speeds.

Sony presented the prototype with the name "Vision-S" at the beginning of 2020 at the technology fair CES in Las Vegas.

At that time, the Japanese electronics company still explicitly left it open as to whether the vehicle should go into series production.

The ongoing work on the car is an indication that it could come to that.

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While Sony was the first electronics company to publicly present a car project, there has been speculation for years about Apple's plans to bring its own electric car onto the market.

So far, we only definitely know that the iPhone company is testing technology for autonomous driving.

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