Wanna know how you’re right? Look at the FLIR photo above and note where the heat is at its highest
Comment on Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat
MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Windshield screens are the low-tech but far more effective method of keeping a car’s interior cooler, typically by at least 20F when it’s really hot out. Slightly inconvenient but unlike this paint, a windshield screen will actually make a difference.
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
nyctre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mythbusters did an experiment with a black car and a white car hitting in the sun. The black car was 12 degrees Celsius hotter. Claiming that the paint makes no difference is such a weird take. I thought this was common knowledge as well as many people I’ve met avoid darker colours in summer and such.
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Summer was hard on me in my teenage goth years.
Can’t really get many light shades of black.
Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
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KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
I think i’m in love.
MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
What’s the cost (financial and environmental) of repainting a car vs using a windshield visor that’s at least twice as effective at reducing heat?
nyctre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m not talking about repainting anything, why are you moving the goalposts? Just buy a white car AND use a visor, what’s wrong with that? And in the future, if this stuff is actually good, maybe all cars can come already painted with it?
MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Nothing’s wrong with that-- why would I assume you’re talking about regular paint when this whole article is specifically about a single type of new paint developed to keep cars cool in heat?
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Speaking of huge and inconvenient, if you’re a cheapskate, just get a car cover. Always helped my motorcycle.
Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I bet the interior of your motorcycle was WAY cooler after that.
Telorand@reddthat.com 2 months ago
It was! Also, the exterior wasn’t too bad, either