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Solar driven car air con

Category: Environment
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Has anybody thought of installing solar voltaic cells on the roof of car to drive a small air con to back up the engine driven one? In that way we will save some fuel and reduce green house gas.

TT, Jan 29 2008

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We still do not have solar voltiacs which could power a car air con.It would power a small car fridge - you require a lot more power todrive a air con. May be a day will come when we will have heavy duty solarvoltiacs or highly efficient air con which could run on solar energy.

pepindia007, Jan 29 2008

Some luxury models have solar-driven (maybe?) exhaust fans. These run while the car is parked in a hot area. There are also aftermarket/as-seen-on-TV models. No air conditioning, though.

nayhem, Feb 01 2008