{"id":7281,"date":"2014-05-09T18:43:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T01:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=7281"},"modified":"2014-05-09T18:53:32","modified_gmt":"2014-05-10T01:53:32","slug":"7281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/?p=7281","title":{"rendered":"Nissan develops first ‘self-cleaning’ car prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"
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European model Nissan Note is first car to trial paint which could make car washes obsolete.<\/p><\/div>\n

Nissan<\/a> has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers may never have to clean their car again.<\/span><\/p>\n

The specially engineered super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint, which repels water and oils, has been applied to the all-new European market Nissan Note to create the world’s first self-cleaning car.<\/span><\/p>\n

To assess the real-world effectiveness of the super-hydrophobic as a potential aftermarket application, engineers at Nissan Technical Centre Europe will be testing the self-cleaning Note over the coming months in a variety of conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nissan<\/a> is the first carmaker to apply the technology, called Ultra-Ever Dry, on automotive bodywork. By creating a protective layer of air between the paint and environment, it effectively stops standing water and road spray from creating dirty marks on the car’s surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Nissan<\/a>, the coating, which is being marketed and sold by UltraTech International Inc., has responded well to common use cases including rain, spray, frost, sleet and standing water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whilst there are currently no plans for the technology to be applied to the model as standard, Nissan<\/a> will continue to consider the coating technology as a future aftermarket option.<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here for Nissan video.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers may never have to clean their car again. The specially engineered super-hydrophobic and oleophobic paint, which repels water and oils, has been applied to the all-new European market Nissan Note to create the world’s first self-cleaning car. ToRead Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nissan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7281"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7290,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7281\/revisions\/7290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westerndriver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}