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Southwall Technologies, Inc. (1029 Corporation Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303; Tel: 650/962-9111, Fax: 650/967-8713; Email: ebuonassisi@southwall.com, Website: www.southwall.com), Visteon Corp. (14425 Sheldon Rd., Plymouth, MI 48170; Tel: 313/755-9121, Fax: 313/845-9111; Website: www.visteon.com), and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL, Website: www.rirel.gov) reported results from a July 2000 deserttest program. A test vehicle equipped with Southwall's transparent, infrared reflecting film, brandedXIR, and had significantly lower interior temperatures.
The reduced temperatures would improve fuel economy approximately 3%, according …