When BMW promoted the driving experience in the United States in the USA a few months ago, the concept in the well -known camouflage film was still disguised, which was typically seen on prototypes in public. Now the disguise for Auto Shanghai has expired, where the VDX celebrates its public debut.
Instead of spraying the Bonkers Quad-Motor EV into a standard color, BMW opted for a brave approach. The concept has a self -confidant color with light -sensitive pigments that charge during the day. At night, the yellow color shifts at night, depending on how much energy was absorbed during the sun, from a subtle whitish tone to living neon.
But that’s not all. The VDX also carries what BMW calls “magical film”. A yellow-orange-after-pink gradient is generated on the rear half of the vehicle if it is exposed to UV light. And if that was not already striking enough, the centerlock wheels with eight LEDs have one for every spoke. These lights change the color based on the vehicle behavior: green when accelerating, orange when braking and blue when regenerative brakes are active. Of course, the contour of the kidney grille also lights up, which points out that new class cars will also have an illuminated front grill.
BMW has been experimenting with unconventional outer surfaces for years. Do you remember the Vantablack X6? This SUV was disguised in a material that was able to absorb 99% of the visible light. Then there was the IX river, which used E ink with microcapsules, which contained the opposite black and white -white pigments to dynamically change the body color. In recent times, the I Vision Dee e brought real color in ink with 32 different colors.
We assume that it will take early days for these high-tech surfaces to become viable in production vehicles. However, they ensure conspicuous visual statements about concept cars. Not that the VDX needed the additional help because it was already impossible to miss it.
