
VW to roll out CO2 MAC in new electric car series
Volkswagen will use CO2 as the refrigerant in one electric vehicle series by the end of 2019, reports German environmental journalist Joachim Wille.
Volkswagen will use CO2 as the refrigerant in one electric vehicle series by the end of 2019, reports German environmental journalist Joachim Wille.
A new service unit for CO2 mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems – developed by AVL DiTest in collaboration with Daimler – has been approved by the German car manufacturer, paving the way for increased uptake of CO2 vehicle A/C in Europe. Daimler is obliging all 2,700 of its European workshops to install at least one CO2 servicing unit within the next few years.
Revised criteria for the “Blauer Engel” (Blue Angel) label will require data centres with cooling demands higher than 50 kW to use natural refrigerant-based cooling systems or systems that do not require refrigerant.