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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    2 months ago

    I just love how humans will do anything other than actually focus on fixing the problem. Love it.

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      2 months ago

      I would argue that the new paint could help alleviate the issue, since it would incentivise people to decrease use of the AC. My concern then would be how polluting is the production of the new paint compared to the current version.

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        2 months ago

        My immediate thought was to wonder if this would help give kids who get left in a car by mistake have more of a fighting chance

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      2 months ago

      Ah yes. Why reduce the temperature of your car by 12 degrees when you can just alter the entire planet instead.

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      Like reducing the number of cars.

      Ohh too much traffic! 🤔 Let’s expand the freeways until you need a freeway to cross other freeways.

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      So… You want to turn off the sun? This has nothing to do with climate change, the sun hasn’t changed intensity in a few 100 years, so sun makes things warm

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      Uhh, what? The problem of things getting hot in the sun?

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      2 months ago

      You’re right, running AC more off of internal combustion engines is a better path to the solution.