Electrophoretic-Wrapped BMW Changes Color on the Fly

E Ink had a lot to show at CES 2022, including an e-paper covered car from BMW and a new laptop from Lenovo that uses electrophoretic displays.

Jan. 25, 2022

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E Ink and BMW made a big splash at this year's Consumer Electronics Show with a car wrapped in e-paper. The custom BMW iX Flow can change color at the touch of a button (see figure). It can flash to let you find your car when you forget where it was parked, or it can change color to optimize solar heating and cooling.

1. The BMW iX Flow demonstration vehicle is wrapped in a custom E Ink display that can change color like an e-reader.

E Ink and Lenovo also were sharing the spotlight with a dual display laptop (Fig. 2). One was a conventional touchscreen that's available when you open the clamshell laptop. The other was an E Ink display that was accessible when the laptop is closed. It's also a touchscreen interface.