--- description: As part of Nissan's plans to create cleaner and more sustainable vehicles, the Japanese car manufacturer has been trialing 'cool paint' technology in the hopes of lowering internal car temperatures and reducing energy usage. title: Nissan Trials Innovative ‘Cool Paint’ to Reduce Energy Usage image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76bbe238057a15d2/698a5aba0116823c76986378/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-3.41.02_PM.png?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Automobiles](/tag/automobiles/) ## Automobiles Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nissan Trials Innovative ‘Cool Paint’ to Reduce Energy Usage Sep 9, 2024 9:09 PM CUT   by [Jeannie Kopstein](/author/jeannie-kopstein/)  ## Jeannie Kopstein Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 9, 2024 9:09 PM CUT As part of Nissan's plans to create cleaner and more sustainable vehicles, the Japanese car manufacturer has been trialing 'cool paint' technology in the hopes of lowering internal car temperatures and reducing energy usage. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7019373/nissan-cool-paint-technology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7019373/nissan-cool-paint-technology/"},"headline":"Nissan Trials Innovative ‘Cool Paint’ to Reduce Energy Usage","datePublished":"2024-09-09T21:09:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:53:26.377Z","description":"As part of Nissan's plans to create cleaner and more sustainable vehicles, the Japanese car manufacturer has been trialing 'cool paint' technology in the hopes of lowering internal car temperatures and reducing energy usage.","url":"https://time.com/7019373/nissan-cool-paint-technology/","keywords":["Automobiles","Tech","climate change","Magazine","healthscienceclimate","Climate Is Everything","AmazonFutures24","Futures Kinetic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76bbe238057a15d2/698a5aba0116823c76986378/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-3.41.02_PM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeannie Kopstein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jeannie-kopstein/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76bbe238057a15d2/698a5aba0116823c76986378/Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-3.41.02_PM.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screenshot-2024-09-09-at-3.41.02 PM.png","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/automobiles/","name":"Automobiles"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7019373/nissan-cool-paint-technology/","name":"Nissan Trials Innovative ‘Cool Paint’ to Reduce Energy Usage"}}]}] ```