Motorists and car enthusiasts have been left with their jaws on the floor after seeing a BMW that can change colour while parking.
It sounds unbelievable, almost like a magic trick, but it really is true.
Take a look below:
The car was caught on camera driving around, seamlessly changing colour from white to black while parking.
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It is a revolutionary new technology that people should not be too surprised at seeing more of in the next 10-15 years as car manufacturers become more innovative.
People were baffled by the clip, with one X user writing: "Criminals are having a laugh right now. Just imagine a police chase radio call: 'White BMW with 4 occupants ... oh no ... its a black BMW...'."
Another quipped: "Finding it in a big parking loft must be fun."
A third simple said: "Holy s***. I want."
The exact model is the BMW iX Flow, and the feature is called E ink, with the German car company proudly calling it a 'groundbreaking invention'.
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The colour changes allow the car to retain or reflect heat, depending on weather conditions.
The iX Flow has 200 features that 'are changing how we live, work, play, and think about what’s possible’.
We really are witnessing the future of motoring unfolding in front of our eyes, and it seems surreal.
BMW states on its website: “With the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink, the BMW Group offers a completely new way of changing the vehicle's appearance in line with the driver's aesthetic preferences, the environmental conditions or even functional requirements.
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"The technology thus offers unprecedented potential for personalisation in the area of exterior design, as the surface of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink can vary its shade at the driver’s prompting.”
The actual colour changing is down to a special body wrap that is stimulated by electrical signals, bringing different pigments to the car's exterior, changing its colour.
BMW explained "The surface coating of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink contains many millions of microcapsules, with a diameter equivalent to the thickness of a single human hair.
“Each of these microcapsules contains negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black pigments.
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“Depending on the chosen setting, stimulation by means of an electrical field causes either the white or the black pigments to collect at the surface of the microcapsule, giving the car body the desired shade.”
It is a very cool concept, and we better get used to this idea because in a few years our roads could be filled with colour-changing cars.
Topics: Cars, Technology, News
Joshua Nair