This BMW Feels Like Silk

From electro^plankton:

I've never been a fan of BMW's aesthetics (ducks from fanboys throwing rocks) but their GINA Light Visionary Model concept provides a peek into what future advance materials may mean for the proverbial automobile. Instead of typical sheet metal, this vehicle is covered in a flexible, super strong, memory retention textile stretched across a frame. Various aspects of the vehicle's substructure can move via electo-hydraulic controls, dynamically morphing the skin. For example when headlights are turned on, fabric stretches open to reveal LED lights. BMW envisages a future where rigid body panels are a thing of the past. Today's cars are designed to absorb impacts in their frames, not sheet metal. Switching to a textile base shell significantly reduces body weight which improves performance and efficiency. This is exactly the type of thinking I want to see from industries that shape so much of the future. Not to sound cliche but BMW thought "outside the box" and totally hit a home run IMO.