The glass will be used in various new Toyota cars' front door and will be launched on international markets during 2011 - and maybe set to launch in the United States.
"Combined with UV-reducing windscreens, the use of the new front-door glass will result in an approximate 99 per cent reduction in overall UV penetration through the front-door windows and windscreen. Toyota estimates that the resulting sunburn protection is equivalent to that of wearing gloves while driving."
These windscreens use a UV-blocking film between two sheets of laminated glass to reduce UV by approximately 99 per cent. Door windows, however, generally use single-piece tempered glass that is often instilled with UV-absorbing material to achieve approximately 89 per cent UV protection.
For the new front-door glass technology, interior side of the window glass has been surfaced with a high-performance UV-absorbing film to achieve that UV-reduction.
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SOURCE: http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/cars/toyota/toyota-glass-blocks-uv-by-99-1.1002298
