当天下雨时,挡风玻璃能自动开启刮水器;内装太阳电池板的遮阳篷顶对空气冷却系统提供动力。这仅是英国在玻璃技术中的众多创新之一,它们正开拓着未来的轿车。 Pilkington集团在其英美德实验室拥有开发生产“智能”玻璃方法的研究小组。其产品开发经理Peter Penne-lls说,玻璃革新是轿车技术的重要领域之一,过去一直被忽视。以前在轿车设计中注重了安全气囊和其他实质性的创新,但不久玻璃将突破仅有的美学法则,将成为构成现代汽 Windscreens automatically turn on the wipers when it rains; sunroofs with built-in solar panels power the air-cooling system. This is just one of many innovations in glass technology in the United Kingdom that are opening up the future of cars. The Pilkington Group has a research team developing and producing “smart” glass methods at its Anglo-American laboratories. Peter Penne-lls, product development manager, said that glass innovations are one of the key areas of car technology that used to be overlooked. Previously in the car design focused on airbags and other substantive innovations, but soon the glass will break through the only aesthetics, will become a modern steam