Anyone who lives near more than a few BMW drivers won’t be surprised to hear that another one of them has been wrapped. However, the latest automotive wrap unveiled by BMW at CES 2022 is a little cooler than the matte purple M4 that you’ve seen tooting around town.

That’s because BMW has covered an all-electric iX in E ink that can change colors based on your mood. Okay, it can’t really change colors, as such, but it can go from white to grey to black at the touch of a button, which is still pretty neat.

The technology has been borrowed from eReaders that can go back and forth between white and black based on your mood or, as BMW points out, on the prevailing weather conditions. Since a black car absorbs more light, you could conceivably keep your car dark in the winter and white in the summer to help the iX’s air conditioning system.

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The ink works using electrophoric technology. When it is stimulated by electrical signals, different color pigments come to the surface, causing the body to change color. The ink only needs a stimulus to change color, though, not maintain it. That means that changing colors only takes a very small amount of power and it won’t drain your battery to keep your car black.

BMW applied many precisely fitted ePaper segments to the iX to achieve the effect. It used generative design processes to ensure that the segments would fit around the contours of the crossover, allowing the ePaper to be tailored exactly to it.

“Digital experiences won’t just be limited to displays in the future,” said Frank Weber, head of development at BMW. “There will be more and more melding of the real and virtual. With the BMW iX Flow, we are bringing the car body to life.”

Unfortunately, this technology is currently just an “advanced research and design project,” so you might not be able to find that particular options box at your local BMW dealership.

It’s also unclear if the wrap is capable of showing words, like your eReader, but BMW does say that it could convey information about your state of charge or essentially flash in a parking lot to help you find it. I, for one, would love to own a vehicle with the morning paper printed on it every day.

BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button
BMW’s E Ink Body Wrap Can Change From Black To White At The Touch Of A Button