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Nissan develops caller 'cool paint' technology; Lower car temperatures by up to 10 degrees
Nissan, successful concern with Radi-Cool - a Chinese company, has developed a caller exterior car paint, which claims to assistance successful cooling.
Development of the caller 'Cool Paint' exertion reportedly commenced successful 2021, with implicit 100 samples developed and evaluated. In November 2023, a 12-month feasibility survey was started astatine the Tokyo International Air Terminal, involving the exertion of the overgarment to All Nippon Airways (ANA) Nissan NV100 crushed vehicles.
As per Nissan, the proceedings was a success, with the cars having a noticeable quality successful exterior and interior temperatures. When parked side-by-side, nether the sun, the car with the caller chill overgarment tech had a 21.6-degree Fahrenheit simplification successful exterior temperature. During the aforesaid test, the interior of the car was besides cooler by 9 degrees Fahrenheit compared to cars with accepted paint.
The caller 'cool paint' exertion from Nissan is said to usage metamaterials. Of these, the archetypal particle reflects near-infrared rays, which connected mean overgarment causes molecular level vibrations wrong the resin, resulting successful heating. The 2nd particle creates electromagnetic waves, which counteract the sun's rays and redirect them distant from the car's surface.
Nissan's recently developed chill overgarment tin beryllium applied via a spray weapon and adjacent incorporated the required wide topcoat. However, the overgarment tech is said to beryllium six times thicker than regular automotive paint. Nissan though, is assured successful its aboriginal applications and that it could beryllium disposable for peculiar orders successful a assortment of colours.
