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Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat (www.asahi.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nissan Motor Co. said it has developed a new type of paint that significantly reduces the temperature inside vehicles parked in direct sunlight.

The surface of a car coated with the innovative material remains up to 12 degrees cooler than that of a vehicle with standard paint, tests showed.

The company said the coating material can help rein in the temperature rise not only on the car's body but also in the vehicle when exposed to direct sunlight.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Nissan invents white paint

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If it's like this stuff then it's more than just white paint.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's like that stuff then they didn't invent it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Well, they would have invented the specific formulation they're using. I'm sure it's not exactly like this but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same concept with microbeads.

No one invents anything totally new. It's all adding on to what others have made in the past. Nothing has ever been created from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was hoping I'd see nighthawkinlight in the wild here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Only reason I'm here lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nasa have developed a paint for spacecraft that can be any color including black and still have the properties of white paint. It's only colored in the visible part of the spectrum but allows IR to pass right through.

Although you do need to paint the vehicle white initially as an undercoat.