BMW color-changing car

Forums:

whoa.

"At CES a year ago, BMW’s iX Flow concept was billed as “the world’s first color-changing car.” At the time, the special version of the iX electric crossover could shift its various panels between white, black, and gray. Now, for 2023, meet the upgrade: actual colors...."

story and videos: https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/5/23540358/bmw-color-changing-car-concep...

BMW.png

Cops are gonna love that....

 

I saw a commercial for a Maserati SUV. I am amazed by what people have.

The "illegal tint" is already a cop target before any of any of the Chameleon effects kick in

Thanks for the article, pretty cool technology. 

For those of us on a budget, mushrooms are much cheaper, and, in the spirit of inclusivity, everyone's car changes color.  ;-)

^^^  LOL, love the inclusive angle.

 

Strawbud, If by "illegal tint" you mean tinted front windows, I see them more and more in Oregon and never used to notice them before. 

Haven't looked up the state law yet to answer my own curiosity.   

Those are illegal in Cali, correct?

^I have somewhat poked into this issue and the % of light that different state laws allow thereof. My current vehicle, for example, does not comply in CA (and therefore many/most other states with higher legal thresholds) because the front door windows are at 20% (the rest of all the rear windows are at the factory stock 30%. I had the front door windows done after I got the vehicle and are difficult to professionally exactly match but look the same by eye). IL, go figure, has a fairly convoluted grid that breaks it down by differing type of vehicle, as in SUV, trucks, passenger cars, which windows, etc. I think UT recently went down to 30% or 40% with an allowable variance of deviation. Anyway, I used to live in UT where it still seems to be a widely used rationale for cops pulling people over, particularly on I-15 coming up from AZ, NV, and their favorite target, CA, in their hunt for "drugs". Few, if any, cars seem to get pulled over for this violation in CA but I do hear chatter about it here and there, especially with the frequent car chases/attempted evasions here whereby nobody can tell how many people are in those vehicles. I have not taken this vehicle out of CA since I have had it but I am fully expecting to get pulled over in certain states if/when that may happen, at least in part due to the CA plates that are already a primary (red state) target as it is and the "illegal tint" makes it all even more likely.

Wow!  I don't like not being able to see the driver, that's for sure. 

I looked up Oregon's FAQ: 
Can I tint the windows of my car to reduce glare from the sun? (and it looks cool!) Oregon has window tint laws. The total light transmittance through the window with the tint installed must be 35% or more. Any motorist who operates a vehicle that does not comply with Oregon’s window tint law may be subject to a $360 fine.

Reading that BMW story last night caused me to look up a vintage one that I owned in the late 80s -- a 1972 Bavaria -- I found one for sale for $21K!  Wish I would've had the budget back then to maintain it, great for road tripping. 

It's a little odd that OR flatly has a 35% law and does not specify that requirement to be only on the front door windows as most other states do. Not a big deal but do you know anyone whom has been ticketed up there for that violation?

In Guatemala, for example, people have limo tint (which is probably 5%) on ALL windows for their own safety, leaving the number/type of occupants to mystery when they are out & about.

I bet that '72 Bavaria was a sweet ride!

Here's a link to an info page...

https://vehiclered.com/oregon-tint-laws/

dont have time to read it ... getting ready to go see Everyone Orchestra this eve!

I call BS car paints have been out a long time that change colors, let just say it's the first electronic colored car

Corporation claiming stuff grease monkeys have been doing for years