{"id":594214,"date":"2023-01-05T05:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/the-bmw-i-vision-dee-is-a-future-ev-sport-sedan-that-can-talk-back-to-you\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T05:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:49:11","slug":"the-bmw-i-vision-dee-is-a-future-ev-sport-sedan-that-can-talk-back-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/the-bmw-i-vision-dee-is-a-future-ev-sport-sedan-that-can-talk-back-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The BMW i Vision Dee is a future EV sport sedan that can talk back to you"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everyone always has something to say about BMW.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bavarian automaker has long had a knack for setting the benchmarks with cars like the 3 Series and X5, but when the vehicles change with the times, BMW\u2019s superfans don\u2019t hold their tongues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, at CES 2023, a new BMW concept asks: what if the car had something to say as well? And if a car could talk, how would it interact with its user?<\/p>\n

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This is the BMW i Vision Dee, which stands for \u201cDigital Emotional Experience.\u201d It\u2019s one of BMW\u2019s most radical \u2014 yet, in some ways, plausible \u2014 concept cars in years. It\u2019s a minimalist electric performance sedan that leans hard into digital features like augmented reality and voice-driven virtual assistants. Think the metaverse or Amazon Alexa but in sport sedan form. The concept also offers the ability to create a driver avatar profile, which can even be projected onto the side window.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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If a car could talk, how would it interact with its user?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

More than that, the i Vision Dee\u2019s color-shifting grille is like a \u201cface\u201d with its own expressions on top of the virtual voice. This is a BMW that talks back and may even have hot takes of its own. \u201cMy father was an E30<\/a>,\u201d is one thing the car said to me at a recent tech demonstration, and early social media promos for the concept evoked the \u201880s talking car action show Knight Rider<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe headlights and the closed BMW kidney grille also form a common phygital<\/em> (fusion of physical and digital) icon on a uniform surface, allowing the vehicle to produce different facial expressions,\u201d the automaker said in a news release. \u201cThis means the BMW i Vision Dee can talk to people and, at the same time, express moods such as joy, astonishment or approval visually.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Like the i Vision Circular<\/a> from 2021, the i Vision Dee is just a concept car, meant to preview potentially forthcoming designs and technologies that could make their way onto dealer lots eventually. At the same time, the design itself feels like something that could preview a future electric 3 Series or i4 of some sort.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Visually, the i Vision Dee almost looks like a cross between a Tesla Model 3 and one of BMW\u2019s classic sport sedans, like a 2002 or an E30. The kidney grille sweeps across almost the entire front of the concept and a rear light bar does the same across the trunk. The white, almost featureless body is a stark contrast to the fussy designs of many current BMWs, while still keeping signature features like the \u201cHofmeister kink\u201d of the rear windows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While BMW won\u2019t directly confirm that this design is intended for production, it\u2019s fairly safe to assume it will influence future cars. BMW\u2019s concepts have a way of turning into reality\u2014see the i8 supercar and i3 city car from the past decade. BMW even calls this \u201canother milestone on the road\u201d to Neue Klasse, BMW\u2019s upcoming EV-specific car platform<\/a>. That setup is named for the \u201cNew Class\u201d of sport sedans and coupes that defined BMW\u2019s image in the 1960s and \u201870s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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While current BMWs tend to be built to offer a mix of internal combustion, hybrid, or EV power \u2014 the electric i4 and ICE-powered 4 Series Gran Coupe are essentially the same vehicle, for example \u2014 the next round of models is designed from the ground up to be electric for better range and better battery packaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BMW says the i Vision Dee also represents a significant evolution of the E Ink color-shifting technology that debuted at last year\u2019s CES<\/a> and, as a result, can transform its exterior into 32 different colors \u2014 and not just one color, either. The concept\u2019s body is divided into 240 E Ink segments, each of which can be controlled individually, BMW says. It\u2019s the first time E Ink is used on the entire outside of a car, and BMW has said the technology could be close to commercialization at the consumer level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Refreshingly, the i Vision Dee is a three-box sedan, not another blob-like crossover SUV concept<\/a>. That in and of itself is a bold move from BMW and one that\u2019s at odds with current trends; sedan sales have been on the decline for years<\/a> as the global market has shifted toward crossovers and trucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For BMW, it\u2019s evidence that the sport sedan is still important to the company\u2019s image and bottom line, said BMW design boss Domagoj Dukec at a press preview in Germany last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to show our customers, if the world is changing, we will adapt, but certainly we will always be familiar,\u201d Dukec said. \u201cEverybody who\u2019s working within my team, from different cultures and different generations, they love the brand and they know their history. They don\u2019t want that to go away.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dukec added, \u201cIt\u2019s also BMW. When you talk about the core product\u2026 it\u2019s the 3 and 5 Series.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Who needs screens when you have a windshield?\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

The i Vision Dee brings good news for drivers who hate the explosion of in-car touchscreens lately: there are no screens here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The concept\u2019s bare-bones stark gray interior is even more minimal in design than the outside, with a pared-down steering wheel, seats, and what BMW calls the \u201cMixed Reality Slider\u201d: a touch panel that controls how much information the driver sees on the advanced Heads-Up Display.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The i Vision Dee almost looks like a cross between a Tesla Model 3 and one of BMW\u2019s classic sport sedans<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There\u2019s also bad news for drivers who hate screens: the whole windshield is now essentially a display, mixing the functions of a dashboard with an infotainment system and adding in augmented reality features.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Using the windshield to host displays is nothing new; many modern cars project vehicle speeds, navigation, and other data there (and have in various forms since the 1980s). But this concept takes that idea to a whole new level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Images projected onto the screen include social media posts and AR displays in addition to vehicle diagnostics. The other windows are dimmable, too, if drivers and passengers want to go full VR mode. Would this create a giant distraction? Maybe, but BMW says it\u2019s safer than taking your eyes fully off the road to look at a dashboard-mounted screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cProjection across the entire width of the windscreen allows information to be displayed on the largest possible surface \u2014 which only becomes recognizable as a display once it is activated,\u201d BMW said in a statement. \u201c[The car] visualizes how an advanced Head-Up-Display could also be utilized in the future for the display and operating concept.\u201d<\/p>\n

A version of this system, presumably a pared-down one, will make its debut on the Neue Klasse cars starting in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn intelligent companion,\u201d not just a car<\/strong><\/p>\n

But while many of the features previewed on the i Vision Dee certainly won\u2019t be ready for primetime in 2023, they feel like a believable approach to where the increasingly digitally focused automotive industry is going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The whole windshield is now essentially a display<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWith the BMW i Vision Dee, we are showcasing what is possible when hardware and software merge. In this way, we are able to exploit the full potential of digitalization to transform the car into an intelligent companion,\u201d said Oliver Zipse, BMW\u2019s board chairman, in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s cold comfort to the diehards who want BMW to go back to the way things used to be \u2014 however they choose to perceive that. It also won\u2019t do for critics of the technologies found in the i Vision Dee. After all, Amazon Alexa did little more than set billions of dollars on fire in 2022<\/a>, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s decision to pivot to the metaverse has been met with outright scorn<\/a>. The question remains whether drivers even want some of the features on the i Vision Dee, especially the sweeping displays across the windshield or the talking virtual assistant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Even as it struggles with things like getting drivers to accept subscription features in cars<\/a>, BMW says yes. The future isn\u2019t going to be high-revving inline-six engines and manual transmissions, so BMW has to find a way to convince the diehard faithful that \u201cperformance\u201d can be defined by things like software speed, charging time, and electric range. The cars it produces in the immediate next few years probably won\u2019t be as wildly ambitious as the i Vision Dee, but it does show that BMW is already thinking in that direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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