While the future of the automobile may be clouded (the ubiquitous family auto may yet be fingered as the No. 1 air polluter), it apparently is gaining a silver lining. Actually, car and van windshields are.
The Silver Institute, an organization that evangelically spreads the silver gospel, reports that windshields coated with the metal were first installed on upscale, latter-day Tin Lizzies made by Ford Motor Co. in 1986. Now, General Motors, Nissan and Toyota have opted to flatter their competitor by belatedly silvering some of their own models.
Silver apparently reflects 70% of incoming solar heat, leaving summer occupants less withered, the air conditioner less wheezy, and interior fabrics and plastics less worn.
And silver does not leave the driver in the dark because it transmits more than 70% of visible light.
What’s next? Well it’s already in showrooms — silver-coated, heated windshields, a glass for all seasons.
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