California cars should have sun reflecting glass

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California is a state which has introduced many innovations in the car industry. Now the state wants that all vehicles should have sun reflecting glass everywhere glass is used. The idea behind this is very simple: sun reflecting glass will reflect sunlight and so keep interiors cooler, thus reducing the usage of air-conditioning.

The will help reduce pollution levels in the atmosphere as the car won’t consume so much fuel. The auto industry has asked for more time to implement these standards. The industry is also concerned whether the glass will interfere with mobile phone signals, GPS and electronic passes.

If regulators adopt the standard, three-quarters of passenger vehicles sold in California would necessarily have specially coated windshields that block 50 percent of the sun’s heat from entering a parked car, beginning with the 2012 model year. All vehicles must have those windshields a year later. The windows would cool a sedan’s interior by an estimated 14 degrees Fahrenheit or 12 degrees for a pickup or SUV.

This is another of California’s green initatives. Earlier it had introduced catalytic converters to reduce smog. If this proposal comes into effect, it will no doubt have a positive effect on California’s atmopheric pollution.