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The world of electric cars continues to innovate and, at CES 2022, companies brought several new features, such as models that change color and eliminate Covid-19
As time went by, vehicles began to become gadget's, i.e. a device such as a game console, smartphone, tablet, an ultrabook or other electronic device. Proof of this is that the Detroit Motor Show, which has been taking place since 1899 in the former World Capital, left almost 120 m² of Cobo Center empty, while its biggest exhibitors rushed to secure a place at CES, on the other side of the country. , in Las Vegas. At CES, several new technologies appeared, such as electric cars that can change color with a single touch and others capable of even eliminating Covid-19.
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Not long ago, CES was the stage for launching games, new versions of operating systems and autonomous vacuum cleaners. Already in this 2022 edition, it brings the avant-première of two of the most anticipated electric cars in the world today. Unfortunately, in the face of the great advance of infections by the variant of Covid-19, Ôminicron, the CES was emptied.
Of the 2.200 exhibitors, several backed off and turned their conferences, which would have been face-to-face, into remote forums. At this point, GM has only been joined by Lenovo, Intel, Meta, Google, Twitter, TikTok and Amazon, to name seven giants of the digital sector, who have prudently, but at the last minute, decided to dismantle their stands.
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- Citroën Basalt challenges Fiat Fastback sales with a turbo engine that does 13,6 km/L and a price in the range of R$ 89 thousand!
- In the R$13.000 range, Renault has a model with a 1.6 16V engine and 106 hp of power with an average consumption of 13 km/l!
Therefore, although the fair opened its doors last Tuesday (4), for almost no one the shipment of automakers seems an irreversible trend from now on.
BMW brings color-changing electric cars
For those who think about changing the color of the car, but gave up because it was too bureaucratic, BMW seems to have thought of a solution and presented a concept where the body completely changes color at CES 2022.
The system alternates the colors of the SUV between white, gray and black. All through a simple command from the driver. According to the company, the body of the model is covered by millions of microcapsules the diameter of a human hair.
After the driver chooses the configuration, an electric field stimulates the capsules to rise to the surface of the bodywork. As their energy charges are different, each group reacts differently to this stimulus, so the color is changed.
Electric cars that eliminate Covid-19
In addition to electric cars that change color and others, Marelli was awarded for developing a purification system (IAQ) that uses UV-A and UV-C lights, combined with a titanium dioxide filter, to eliminate bacteria from cabin and even the Covid -19 virus.
Bosch, on the other hand, exhibited the intelligent sun visor, which is a Virtual Visor that identifies the position of the driver's eyes, darkening the part of the windshield where the light could reach it.
Valeo, a supplier to the automotive industry, presented the third generation of its LiDAR autonomous driving system, which can reconstruct 3D images of the model's surroundings at a speed of 25 FPS and with a resolution of 4,5 million pixels.
