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Sega has announced that it has formed a partnership with Tesla to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to Tesla's in-car gaming console. The original Genesis game will exist playable in the Elon Musk-owned visitor'south existing and new models of electric vehicles.

Co-ordinate to today'due south press release, Sonic the Hedgehog can exist played with a handheld controller continued to a Tesla's USB port. For safety reasons, drivers are not allowed to play the game while they are driving — only passengers tin can do so.

Despite most Teslas being designed to drive while on autopilot for prolonged periods of time, The New York Times reported last week that the National Highway Traffic Safety Assistants volition be investigating Tesla's video game feature, as playing games while driving has proven to be dangerous. The combination of hands-free driving and drivers paying attention to their electronic devices, especially smartphones, has been linked to 12 deaths in Tesla cars operating on autopilot since 2022.

Sonic may take jumped from hanging from the car mirror in Rad Mobile to driving his own car in racing games Sonic R and Team Sonic Racing to now having his game installed in a Tesla, only he's far from the showtime video game character to exist selected for that. Cuphead hopped into Tesla's gaming system in 2022, followed by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt a twelvemonth afterwards.

The partnership between Sega and Tesla to add Sonic the Hedgehog to Tesla'southward gaming system caps off a whirlwind 30th ceremony for the Bluish Blur. Sega recently showed off the trailers for both the Sonic pic sequel and Sonic Frontiers at The Game Awards to the excitement of fans.