Regulations recently adopted by the California Air Resources Board will require automakers to reduce the amount of solar energy entering vehicles by 45% by 2014 and 60% by 2016. The problem is, the technology used to do this will utilize reflective metal oxide particles embedded in windshields, effectively blocking GPS signals. Stay tuned; I’m sure we’ll be hearing more about this one.
Via Engadget
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[...] Proposed California Regulations and possible blocking of GPS signal http://gpstracklog.com/2009/10/california-regs-kill-gps-reception.html [...]