[MengerSponge]

That's prior art if there ever was prior art. It's just unicode U+1D54F

[jerlam]

BMW doesn't seem to use that specific X anywhere else for any of their EV lineup. Even the back of the car uses a normal "X" character.

I think it's some mandate to give their car models some kind of "signature" headlight design.

[sottol]

BMW did have the _iconic_ "halo angel eye" headlights in the mid-2000s - the most iconic headlight signature at least in my memory. So your point would make sense.

Those were often copied by enthusiasts and "ported" to other cars via aftermarket headlights.

[ryanmerket]

sure, but no other unicode has a multi-million dollar branding campaign behind it ;)

[cineticdaffodil]

Xitter? It used to be called Twitter, but the T crossbeam came loose and down.. sorry

[dole]

It's not like they're manji headlights