Nissan’s New Self-Cleaning Car?

While a lot of people might take huge amounts of pleasure in cleaning, washing and polishing their cars, I don’t. When drive through car-washes started opening up I breathed a huge sigh of relief – gone where the days of spending Saturday mornings washing the cars and instead I could spend another well deserved hour or two in bed.

So you could imagine my delight when I heard about Nissan’s new self-cleaning paint that is starting to be test painted on the European model of the Nissan Note. This amazing nano-paint will repel mud, rain and even everyday dirt – you could say goodbye to car-washes for good! The technical terms for this paint are “super-hydrophobic” and “oleophobic” meaning that they repel water and oils. Nissan says that the paint is doing well at protecting the Note from dirt as well as protecting it against frost, sleep and standing water. Hopefully it will also help to protect cars against the awful saltwater spray that is the bane of every body who lives near the coast. Nissan is the first car producer to apply this type of paint to their vehicles, but have not yet indicated whether they will be applying this paint as standard to any other vehicle models. Even if it is an aftermarket option, this still sounds like one of the best ideas of the year!

This great clip from Nissan signals the end of car-washes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwoGsCAKsxU

Source: as posted on http://group1nissans.newsvine.com/