The color of your car says a lot about you, but thanks to a
new innovation in paint technology the Peugeot RCZ can show exactly how you're
feeling by literally changing its body color.
Wow. Well, when the thieves make off in the
getaway car, you tell the police, "They had a red car! No wait, might-ahh
been orange. But then was kinda blue as they rounded the corner...with a subtle
shift toward teal... maybe got a little warmer... perhaps forest green... was
really quite lovely...
Peugeot UK has unveiled
an RCZ that uses an innovative reactive paint to change its body colour to
reflect your emotions – be it happy, sad or anything in between.
Technicians at Peugeot developed this pioneering new
technology by using a psychochromatic coating (mood paint), which alters the
molecular structure of the paint to emit light at varying wavelengths. The
driver’s moods are detected via heat sensors integrated into the steering
wheel, which read their body temperature and pulse rate to change the exterior
colour of the car accordingly.
So if you’re feeling happy, the specially-coated RCZ will turn a
shade of yellow, depending on the extent of the emotion sensed, but should your
feelings change to anger and you’re hit by a fit of road rage, then the car
will turn a deep shade of red.
And as long as drivers are ‘happy’ to express their
emotions, the whole emotional spectrum of body colours is available to them,
including: dark blue – for when drivers are feeling a little down, while a hue
of green will spread across the exterior when a driver is detected to be
feeling very relaxed.
Speaking about the innovative new ‘mood paint’ concept,
product manager, Vince Clisham at Peugeot, said: “This really is a world first
for motoring, to have developed a paint that accurately reflects the emotion of
the driver, will no doubt have our competitors green with envy. Particularly as
our customers can experience this innovation behind the wheel of the RCZ – a sports
coupé that already inspires goose-bumps with its double-bubble roof line.”
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