The German luxury car brand BMW announced its iX Flow concept car online on Wednesday (5th).8069-TW) Cooperate to use electrophoresis technology to change the color of cars. BMW estimates that the investment in this type of future technology will reach 30 billion by 2025EUR (Approximately 34 billionDollar)。
Christoph Grote, Senior Vice President of BMW Electronics, said: “Cars can have a personalized interior and even appearance due to driving. We are trying to develop technology to change the color of the car. In addition, it can also brighten the color of the car when driving at high temperatures. , Which helps to improve the efficiency and temperature of the car.”
BMW is currently developing this technology with Yuantai, which is a major electronic paper manufacturer and a major supplier of e-book panels for brands such as Sony and Amazon. This time, the two companies customized electronic ink to cover the entire body of the iX SUV. The material contains various colors, which will change the color of the body when stimulated by the signal.
Grote said: “The current challenge is not in technology, but in how to apply it to cars. We cut it into solid curved panels.”
Adrian van Hooydonk, head of product design at BMW, said that the color-changing technology of iX Flow has not yet started production at this stage, but it is part of the group’s “people-oriented” product development. It is estimated that 30 billion will be invested in this type of future technology by 2025.EUR (Approximately 34 billionDollar)。
BMW originally planned to announce this news grandly at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2022, but it was reluctant to publish the news online because of the rapid spread of the epidemic recently. If BMW can participate in CES, this will be the first time the company has launched a new model at a technology exhibition in 105 years.
In addition to releasing the concept car, BMW also announced the iX M60 electric car, which is an enhanced version of the iX electric SUV launched last year. In addition, the company also launched the i4 pure electric four-door sports car. The launch of these new models reflects that BMW is actively investing in the field of electric vehicles.
