Nissan Introduces Paint That Can Cool Cars Up To 12 Degrees Even In Bright Sunshine

Nissan has found a way to prevent its cars’ chassis from overheating during periods of high temperatures. The mobile company has unveiled cooling paint passive, capable of cooling cars when exposed to direct sunlight.

In particular, this paint, developed by Nissan, can make cars capable of maintaining outside temperatures up to 12 degrees Celsius than other cars that don’t have the coating, and are 5°C cooler inside, the company claims. This is possible because the paint has two microstructure particles that react to light.

One of them is responsible for reflecting infrared rays from sunlight, rather than penetrating them directly into the paint, as is the case with traditional cars, which only produce heat. The second is capable of “They create electromagnetic waves that counteract the sun’s rays and redirect energy from the car into the atmosphere.” as detailed by Nissan. It affects chassis parts that tend to overheat in the hottest seasons. Among them are the bonnet, roof or doors.

Nissan paint also reduces energy consumption

Nissan claims that this type of paint is also more efficient, reducing energy consumption. Since the car can cool down to 12 degrees, it will take less time to condition to cool the cabin to the ideal temperature. “This helps reduce the load on the engine or, in the case of an electric vehicle, the battery drain. Both powertrains are expected to improve efficiency as well as passenger comfort,” the company says.

At the moment, yes, This is a work in progress.Nissan has now tested it on an NV100 parked in the bright sun at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport, where they managed to get the car to generate temperatures 12 degrees cooler than any other conventionally painted car.

In any case, this type of painting is not something new. In fact, yesand is widely used in constructionto generate less heat on the roofs of houses and buildings. However, Nissan has created a paint that is 120 microns thicker than any other paint of its type, although somewhat thicker than any other car paint. The next step is to make this paint transparent and apply it with a sprayer rather than a roller. They are also working on developing new colors beyond white.