I don't see how that is going to last 10+ years.... Just like humans, when it gets old it'll start to have wrinkles like my grandma..... Hope they develop some anti-aging cream for it LOL.. But awesome concept and thinking from people at BMW. Certainly is different and set apart from the rest.
Certainly is thinking outside the square! I could see all cars being like that in 50 years, when the right 'skin' is developed
we wont see this in holden's for another 100 years lol, aussies are far too slow for that kinda technology to have
I have to abit... that is about the ugliest car i've seen... The whole time i was waiting for like a cool car to hatch out of that cacoon... but no such luck
This idea of BMW's is just like the internet fridge that LG released, it's only there to make them look good, not to actually sell
Sharp blade will go through it easily, even with carbon/aramid lay up. Using a decent set of 10" scissors, used to cut through up to 10mm of carbon/aramid lay up in yacht sails. Although looking at it, they would only probably be able to use an aramid fibre anyway, as carbon fibre would be too brittle (hates flex)
Cool idea, not workable in the real world unless they solve quite a few problems - Resistance to cuts and tears to the same level steel does - Resistance to heat (if ash or something lands on it, will it burn through?) - How washable is it? With our current technologies available, I don't think any of the solutions are available at present given how free form that material is.
