{"id":96,"date":"2026-04-24T17:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/bmw-ix3-flow-edition-concept-car-2026-beijing-auto-show-e-ink-color-changing\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:31:44","slug":"bmw-ix3-flow-edition-concept-car-2026-beijing-auto-show-e-ink-color-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/bmw-ix3-flow-edition-concept-car-2026-beijing-auto-show-e-ink-color-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"<div>BMW is one step closer to selling you a color-changing car<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An overhead look at the hood on the BMW iX3 Flow Edition concept car showing an animated design.\" data-caption=\"It\u2019s not quite the color-changing car that\u2019s been teased, but BMW\u2019s new BMW iX3 Flow Edition brings us closer. | Image: BMW\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: BMW\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/bmw_eink1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\"><figcaption>\n\tIt\u2019s not quite the color-changing car that\u2019s been teased, but BMW\u2019s new BMW iX3 Flow Edition brings us closer. | Image: BMW\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">At CES 2022, BMW debuted its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/1\/5\/22867090\/bmw-color-changing-paint-electric-car-ces\">BMW iX Flow concept car<\/a> that could dynamically change its appearance using the same grayscale E Ink panels found in e-readers like the Kindle. It was followed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/1\/5\/23540358\/bmw-color-changing-car-concept-e-ink-i-vision-dee-ces\">BMW i Vision Dee concept<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bueAimZ4Qek\">BMW i5 Flow Nostokana<\/a> that were both upgraded with color E Ink panels. Its latest concept, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.press.bmwgroup.com\/global\/article\/detail\/T0457355EN\/the-start-of-a-new-era:-the-bmw-group-at-auto-china-2026\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.press.bmwgroup.com\/global\/article\/detail\/T0457355EN\/the-start-of-a-new-era:-the-bmw-group-at-auto-china-2026\">BMW iX3 Flow Edition announced at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show<\/a>, might look slightly less ambitious but it takes a new approach, pushing color-changing cars closer to actual production.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">BMW&#8217;s previous concepts wrapped the entire vehicle in a patchwork of E Ink panels that were all custom-sized and shaped to match its contours. \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/918216\/bmw-ix3-flow-edition-concept-car-2026-beijing-auto-show-e-ink-color-changing\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>At CES 2022, BMW debuted its BMW iX Flow concept car that could dynamically change its appearance using the same grayscale E Ink panels found in e-readers like the Kindle. It was followed by the BMW i Vision Dee concept and the BMW i5 Flow Nostokana that were both upgraded with color E Ink panels. [\u2026]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36,37],"class_list":["post-96","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-consumer-tech","tag-culture-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bkbc.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}