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Aumovio Color E-Ink
Aumovio demonstrated a Branded Personalized Cockpit demonstrator with lovely OLED screens (one of which even conceals a driver-monitoring camera out of sight), but the neatest part of it was the first automotive application of colored e-ink. E-ink is attractive because it only draws power to establish a look or pattern, which then remains constant until it’s changed again. We’ve seen black and white e-ink (it was applied to the exterior of the BMW iX Flow concept at CES 2022), but this is the first automotive application we’ve seen of color. (Aumovio showed it at IAA 2025, but we missed it.)
The way it works is tiny microcapsules about the width of a human hair contain clear fluid with black, white, and colored pigment particles—each with a unique electrical charge. Electrodes beneath the display then send signals that push the desired color to the top of the capsule, pulling the others to the bottom, a process known as electrophoresis. Once the particles are positioned, they stay there. The fluid is tested to -40 degrees. It decorates the lower left of the image above. No production plans have been announced as of publication, and suppliers hate to talk about cost specifics.
Aumovio Projection Solutions
At the lower end of the pillar-to-pillar dash-imaging spectrum is Aumovio’s Projection Solutions. We’ve seen this before, pitched at projecting branding on a rear window for delivery vehicles, but why not project patterns, images, favored team logos, etc., right on the dash? Sure, it becomes difficult to see the 85-lumen projection in direct sunlight, and it definitely shows up best on lighter-colored materials. But it can be used for signaling, drawing the driver’s attention to a part of the windshield where danger may be going unnoticed, etc. Full-dash projection may require two small, synchronized DLP projectors. This product is in demonstration mode and expected to hit production in the 2028 timeframe.
