In the escalating war to squeeze every last mile from every last drop of gas, automakers are attacking on every front, going well beyond the cratered fields of aerodynamics and optimized engine ...

For architects looking to build structures that are sustainable and efficient, today’s solar-reflective coatings offer a powerful, cost-effective option. Many of the benefits of solar-reflective ...

It's gaudy, and some would call it downright ugly, but the lime green paint job option for the 2017 Toyota Prius keeps the vehicle cool and can even save drivers on gas. A Wired report says that ...

The Toyota Prius pictured above features a shade of green that is probably the last color you'd want adorning the Japanese manufacturer's popular hybrid, but it actually serves a special purpose. The ...

White cars can be boring. So Toyota created a colored paint that also reflects light and keeps the car cooler on hot days. The new coating can affect the temperature by nine degrees, Toyota says. BY ...

Mercedes-Benz is trying to come up with any and all new ways to increase efficiency, which it believes is the new currency as it enters the EV era. In Germany, the automaker showed Green Car Reports ...

The groundbreaking innovation of solar paint has the potential to generate an impressive 1,000 watts per square meter, potentially revolutionizing how we harness and utilize solar energy in our daily ...

Toyota is giving its 2017 Prius a lime green paint job—and it serves a larger purpose than a change in aesthetic. On the automaker's Japanese website, Toyota explains that it's using Thermo-Tect lime ...

Cool colours: the hotter square on the left is coated in a single layer of black paint while the cooler square in the right is a black bilayer. (Courtesy: Jyotirmoy Mandal) A bilayer paint that can ...

Researchers from Australia’s Western Sydney University have created a reflective coating for solar tiles to reduce the operating temperatures of tiles by up to 11 C, while increasing their electrical ...