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The interior of the car will be changed a lot. According to foreign media information, British car manufacturer Land Rover plans to design a brand-new interactive display technology that can change color for Land Rover models. This display technology is highly intelligent and can be used as the vehicle interior panel, which can make the vehicle interior more customized and reduce the weight of the vehicle, so as to improve the range of pure electric vehicles. Ashutosh Tomar, technical manager of Land Rover electric research, pointed out that "the healthcare, aerospace, consumer technology and military industries are already fully enjoying the benefits of structural electronic products. Our research will introduce this technology into the interior of motor vehicles for the first time, thus leading the design direction of the automobile industry." Officials call this technological innovation the lightweight Electronics (LESA) project, which uses printable electronics already used in flexible OLED TVs. The vehicle interior panel using this technology can be used to customize the interior lighting system, control panel, surround button less instrument panel and advanced fabric / Leather heated steering wheel. "Jaguar i-pace" Jaguar Land Rover plans to apply this display technology to electric vehicles. After replacing some traditional designs, it can reduce the number of electronic components used in the vehicle, thus reducing the body quality and even helping to improve the vehicle's range. Just three months ago, Jaguar Land Rover announced plans to launch three electric vehicles at its UK plant, including a version of the Jaguar XJ and one that will follow. So far, the company has made a prototype of the control panel, but it is not clear when it will be assembled into a mass production vehicle.