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Adrian Padeanu

Color-Changing BMW i Vision Dee At CES 2023 Has Up To 32 Colors

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At the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW had an X6 with Vantablack VBx2 coating, a substance that absorbs more than 99 percent of visible light to create the blackest black. For the 2022 CES, the iX was covered in E Ink featuring millions of microcapsules about as thick as human hair. These capsules were filled with negatively charged white pigments and positively charged black ones to create shades of gray to alter the electric SUV’s exterior finish.

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