• Via a process using photocatalysis, the screens can be cleaned automatically, or on demand by the occupants.
If your vehicle is equipped with a touchscreen, you'll have noticed, as we did, that it doesn't take too long before the screen gets streaked and marked by fingerprints and dust accumulation. When the sun falls on it, a car’s screen can start to look pretty horrible. The filing was discovered by autoevolution.com. The system described in the document submitted by GM uses a photocatalytic coating and violet light to remove oil residues, fingerprints and other dirt.
And what is a photocatalyst? We asked ourselves that question, and we're guessing many of you will do the same. According to aquaportail.com, “a photocatalyst is a material that absorbs light to a higher energy level and provides that energy to a reactive substance to cause a chemical reaction, photocatalysis.”