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• Published date: 23 January 2023
• Publication title: Mercury

New innovative concept cars

BMW unveiled the “perfect digital car of the future” (according to Oliver Zipse, BMW chairman) that is an example of a whole new generation of vehicles. The i Vision Dee is a colour-changing concept electric vehicle of minimalist design, equipped with high-end and adaptive Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will be available in 2025. What makes this BMW special is that BMW used “the full potential of digitisation to transform the car into an intelligent companion.”

An impressive feature is the heads-up display (HUD). Instead of the traditional dashboard screen, the i Vision Dee introduces a full-windscreen heads-up display that will be available in 2025 in all BMW cars. It is an Augmented Reality (AR) display with five levels of immersion displayed over the width of the windshield.

Level 1 presents the essentials such as speedometer, navigation information and typical other dashboard information.

Levels 2 to 4 progressively increases the information onscreen and eventually overlay navigation information on the road. Level 5 can display a virtual environment and is not intended for use while driving but rather when the car drives you. The new infotainment systems runs on the Android operating system, making it compatible with numerous apps.

What is more is that the concept BMW also has an E Ink cover that allows it to change to any of 32 available colours according to the preference of the driver.

BMW claims that in future the car will even be able to have a conversation with the driver.

Sony revealed their Afeela concept electric car has been created in partnership with Honda and will become available by the second half of 2025.

The Afeela will have “Level 3 automated driving capabilities under limited conditions” and will come equipped with safety and driver assistance systems from Honda, while Sony will provide the...