Nissan claims the paint for its glow-in-the-dark Leaf can last for 25 years.
Electric car glows with green credentials Nissan has become the first mainstream manufacturer to apply glow-in-the-dark car paint to showcase how its all-electric Leaf can help people convert to solar energy at home.
The manufacturer worked with inventor Hamish Scott, creator of Starpath, which is a spray-applied coating that absorbs UV energy during the day so
that it glows for between eight and 10 hours when the sun goes down.
While glowing car paint is already available, as are glow-in-the-dark car wraps, the bespoke, ultraviolet-energised paint created especially for Nissan is unique thanks to its secret formula made up of entirely organic materials. It contains a very rare natural earth product called Strontium Aluminate, which is solid, odourless and chemically and biologically inert.
Various third-party companies have applied non-organic glow-in-the-dark paint to vehicles before, but Nissan is the first car maker to directly apply such technology.
