Chevrolet only mentioned it briefly in the official announcement for the 2016 Camaro Krypton, but we wanted to dig a little deeper into how the concept pulls off one crazy cool trick.
With the flip of a switch, the 2016 Camaro Krypton’s paint becomes illuminated with Chevrolet bowtie logos. No, there aren’t any lights, or bulky equipment to make it happen. The bowties literally come through the paint.
The 2016 Camaro Krypton utilizes a paint mixture, called electroluminescent paint, with conducive materials, which is powered by a battery pack in the rear of the vehicle. We weren’t given specifics on how this type of paint is infused with said conductive materials but, as you can imagine, it’s quite the process.
The Krypton Green exterior color, which houses the special paint, costs $10 per square-inch applied. The grand total for this science-fiction paint experiment for SEMA? $80,000. For two doors, and two fenders.
The Krypton paint was done by Lumilor Labs, with Chevrolet’s blessing to infuse the 2016 Camaro with the special bowtie graphics.
The possibilities are truly endless with this kind of technology regarding customization, and we think this particular application is only the beginning for the technology.
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I’m very surprised they didn’t highlight this feature more. I get that it’s super expensive, but it’s still a very unique and creative thing. If done right, I think this could be used to create some very neat effects on the exterior of the car. For example, instead of a secondary switch for the paint, have it light up when using the brake pedal or turn indicators.
Every time I break, BAM! Giant Batman symbol appears.
I would like to see a video of this. Its pretty interesting to know that we’re able to do this. I really want to see this in action.
We’ve got a brief one. Stay tuned.
Does it actually light up? Never seem to see any of the work when illuminated. The rendering looks cool, sure the car does as well.
Yes, it lights up. It flashes. Here’s a video of a car they did for Lexus Australia, that does a bar graph of the driver’s heartbeat on the exterior of the car.
Here’s a longer video of the Camaro Krypton Concept car.
You’ve got to be kidding.. $80K for green paint.. drop in a LT4 or a Lingenfelter Performance Engineering V8 that can get 550 hp without a supercharger then leave the car stock Black with Green LED and a bit of Green at the hood scoop.