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Have you ever seen a car that can change color? BMW demonstrates variable paint technology at CES

【Smart Car Pie News】CES 2022, which is highly anticipated by the technology circle, was officially opened recently, although due to the epidemic, some manufacturers announced that they would change to online exhibitions, but as an annual feast of the science and technology circle, there are still many novel technologies and products to be unveiled, and among them, BMW's variable paint technology can be said to be the coolest one.

Have you ever seen a car that can change color? BMW demonstrates variable paint technology at CES

BMW iX electric SUV

As early as last December, there were media reports that BMW would unveil some futuristic technologies at the CES show, and variable paint technology is one of them, although the originally planned offline display became an online display, but through the video still feel the full sense of technology of the technology. According to an online video released by BMW, the video first showed a silver-gray iX, but after what appeared to be a man standing next to the SUV activated the system, the paint began to transition from gray to white. Because this process is so strange, people who don't know about this scene may think that the video is fake, thinking that it was achieved through CG special effects, but it is real.

Have you ever seen a car that can change color? BMW demonstrates variable paint technology at CES

BMW demonstrates variable paint technology

However, this time BMW only showed this technology, did not disclose the relevant working principle, nor did it announce the time when the technology can reach mass production. According to insiders, the variable paint is more sensitive to temperature, too hot or too cold will affect it, so the technology may be a long way to the market. However, once the technology matures in the future, people will have more choices for the color of the vehicle.

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