Some Vehicular Tech Highlights from CES 2023

­The Consumer Electronics Show — one of the oldest continuously operating shows in the world — is more than just a glitzy platform for gaudy new TVs and widgets. There’s also an entire hall devoted to automotive electronics, and here’s some of the cooler auto wares from CES 2023.

BMW’s color-changing concept car — Since its inception, E-Ink has been the central pillar of e-readers, high-tech retail displays, and a lot more while simultaneously channeling Minority Report (and its promise of dynamic newspapers).

At last year’s CES, BMW unveiled its iX Flow concept vehicle, which used E-Ink to switch from black to white. This year’s i Vision Dee ups the color options by 16x, with the ability to combine or switch between 32 different colors.

The tech will be in BMW's Neue Klasse EV models starting in 2025.

A quick-charging electric motorcycle — The Verge TS e-bikes don’t sacrifice looks for green bonafides, with a slick, Tron-like exterior and an electric range of 233 miles per charge. The Ultra version sports 201 hp, with a top speed of 124 mph and the ability to go 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds.

A flying car that’s up for preorder — This is worth mentioning simply for how silly and garish they all are. Flying cars are one of those Sci-Fi stalwarts that a lot of people want without considering their practicality.

And while Aska’s A5 flying car is, by all accounts, fully functional, it’s also a terrible eyesore (not unlike 99.9% of flying cars). And like most flying cars, this one looks more like a tiny airplane that’s road-worthy than a flying Deloreon.

It’ll reach a top speed 150 mph, with a range of 250 miles on a single charge, and the hybrid vehicle can both fit in a parking spot and take off and land vertically.

But all that comes at a steep price — $789,000, to be exact. Though let’s be honest — the only people utilizing these, at least in the beginning, are the same ones who’d otherwise take a helicopter.