A cooling and heating air conditioner installed in an electric vehicle, having a cooling and heating air conditioning unit including a cooling device that produces cooled air, and a heating device that produces heated air, wherein the cooling and heating air conditioning unit sends the cooled air produced by the cooling device or the heated air produced by the heating device to a vehicle interior, a cooling and heating air conditioning controller that sets the cooling and heating air conditioning unit to a cooling mode for sending the cooled air produced by the cooling device, a heating mode for sending the heated air produced by the heating device, or an AUTO mode for automatically selecting the cooling mode or the heating mode at least based on a temperature of the vehicle interior so as to control the cooling and heating air conditioning unit according to a set mode.

An apparatus of multi-air mode for a vehicle air conditioner includes: an air conditioner (HVAC) that is provided in a vehicle and supplies air into the vehicle, an air duct unit in communication with the air conditioner and provided to deliver air supplied from the air conditioner to the inside of the vehicle or to discharge it to the outside of the vehicle, and a multi-air discharge unit in which the air delivered from the air duct unit is discharged into the vehicle.

The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle and a control method thereof, which can calculate the range of discharge temperature to the interior of the vehicle, set the upper limit of the discharge temperature, and control the degree of opening of a temp door such that the discharge temperature to the interior of the vehicle gets lower than the upper limit, thereby preventing air of discharge temperature above the upper limit from being discharged to the interior of the vehicle and preventing displeasure or personal injury that may be caused when air of high temperature is discharged.

An air-treatment system for motor vehicles, for example an ionizer for installation in a motor-vehicle air conditioner, has an air-treatment device by means of which air of an airflow generated by the motor-vehicle air conditioner can be treated, and has a controller by means of which the air-treatment device can be controlled in accordance with parameters of the motor-vehicle air conditioner in which the air-treatment device is installed. In order to reduce significantly the effort for the design of such air-treatment systems and in particular for their controllers and in order to create the possibility of using a universal control device as controller, it is proposed that the air-treatment device has an electrical coding means which is characteristic of the variant of the air-treatment device, can be brought into electrical connection with the controller on installation of the air-treatment device and the controller, and can be interrogated by the controller after the electrical connection to the controller has been established.

A vehicle includes an engine, a start-stop system configured to stop and restart operation of the engine in response to predetermined triggers, and an auxiliary air conditioning AC system including a controller communicably coupled to the start-stop system. The start-stop system is configured to provide a first indication to the auxiliary AC system indicating ignition of the engine and a second indication to the auxiliary AC system after stopping the engine. The auxiliary AC system is configured to turn off the auxiliary AC system in response to receiving the first indication and restart the auxiliary AC system in response to receiving the second indication.

A method of controlling an automotive air conditioning system includes: a mode checking step of checking whether the air conditioning system is in an auto-mode; an operation recognizing step of recognizing whether the air conditioning system is manually operated in the auto-mode; and a learning step of setting and storing at least one manual operation value, when the air conditioning system is manually operated, and then operating the air conditioning system in accordance with the at least one stored manual operation value in a next auto-mode.

Systems and methods for providing heating and cooling to a cabin of an autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle. A system includes one or more autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle components generating thermal energy as a byproduct of operation, a radiator fluidly coupled to the one or more vehicle components and positioned downstream from the one or more vehicle components such that the radiator receives at least a portion of the thermal energy, a thermoelectric cooler thermally coupled to and located downstream from the radiator, and one or more bypass valves that control fluid flow from the radiator such that fluid flows directly to a cabin of the vehicle or flows through the thermoelectric cooler before flowing into the cabin.

A vehicle includes an HVAC system with compressor(s), pump(s), valve(s), chiller(s); a touchscreen and processor(s) configured to: (1) display a preconditioning scheduling interface having line segments; (2) in response to touchscreen tap(s): place points on the segments, cycle the placed points between different kinds of points; and (3) precondition the vehicle via the HVAC based on times associated with the placed points.

A key fob includes selectors for performing conventional remote operations (e.g., locking/unlocking doors) as well as a “pet mode” selector. When the pet mode selector is pressed by a user, a coded wireless signal is sent to a vehicle computer. The vehicle computer is operatively connected to multiple vehicle systems that each controls various features of the vehicle. Responsive to receipt of the coded wireless signal, the vehicle computer instructs a selected group of the systems to operate in a specified manner so as to create a comfortable environment for a pet within the vehicle. For example, in pet mode, the vehicle computer may cause one or more windows to lower, the sunroof to open the trunk lift gate to pivot open, and the seat backs of one or more rows of seats to tilt or fold down.

A system for providing efficient climate control in a vehicle. The system has an HVAC system configured to receive a user-defined temperature. The HVAC system has a cabin temperature sensor. The system has a controller coupled to the HVAC system and coupleable to a mobile device. The controller is programmed to (i) receive an estimated travel time of the vehicle from the mobile device and (ii) modify output of the HVAC system based on the travel time being below a time threshold.