‘Not a straight forward path to the use of a new air conditioning refrigerant’
As the European Commission initiates legal action against Germany, we ask David Smith-Tilley, Director, Component Forecasts & Analysis for IHS Automotive for his take on how this issue might develop
Environmental concerns are the sole driver for the adoption of a new refrigerant. Air conditioning systems impact the environment through: leakage according to their respective Global Warming Impact, and also in terms of fuel consumption to run the a/c system. It is the former that is addressed by the EU regulation (F-Gas Directive 2006/40/EG) for mobile air conditioning systems
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