Correction: An earlier version of this story included a manufacturer whose car-color changing technology does not match that of Toyota and BMW‘s.
Toyota is hoping to allow its customers to easily change the color of their cars.
The automobile company started creating the technology to make that happen in 2022, but officially published it in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on March 19. The patent allows drivers to freely change the color of their car, Toyota recently told USA TODAY.
Ditching vinyl wraps and painting jobs, the motor company plans to use the technology that can change colors when in heat or exposed to light. To achieve a desired look, vehicles will have to go through a tunnel-like garage where the paint is heated and a color-modulator device sprays them.
When the patent is available to the public, drivers can request the treatment either when they buy a new car or if they already have a car that they want to change colors., the company said.
Here is a picture of Toyota’s patent:
BMW released its color-changing technology last year
BMW released its own color-changing technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in May 2022. The show, held in Las Vegas, unveiled the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink. The BMW iX Flow is of capable of changing color at the click of a button, according to a news release by BMW.
“This gives the driver the freedom to express different facets of their personality or even their enjoyment of change outwardly, and to redefine this…
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