Volkswagen Will Use Carbon Dioxide as Air-Conditioning Refrigerant

One of the prices we pay for discovering new, daily life-enhancing technologies, is occasionally inventing something that turns out to be less than ideal from an environmental perspective.

Volkswagen is now looking to a different refrigerant to use in its cars–carbon dioxide, or CO2.

CO2’s that use refrigerants may seem like only a small step in the right direction, but as part of a wider plan to improve cars and production, every small step helps make a larger leap.

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