Fuente: WIPO "sustainability" A system for managing vehicular sustainability is described. Sustainability typically is a broad subject addressed at a high level of abstraction. However, as described herein, sustainability can be managed at a very fine level of detail. More specifically, sustainability of a vehicle can be driven by how one coating of a vehicular surface interacts with a second coating of the surface. Differences in coating properties can give rise to one or more gradient properties (e.g., voltage differences, temperature differences, etc.), which in turn can be leveraged for greater sustainability utility. Such gradient properties can be used to increase the sustainability efficiency of the vehicle at fine levels of detail.