5 Differences In AC Electric Cars And Ordinary Cars

Illustration of car air conditioning. (Unsplash)

YOGYAKARTA The existence of water conditioners (AC) in electric and conventional cars is equally important, especially in increasing driving comfort. But do you know the difference between an electric car and an ordinary car air conditioner?

Please note that air conditioner or air conditioner is a device that functions as an air temperature controller for the vehicle cabin room. The existence of the air conditioner allows the driver to feel comfortable driving the vehicle even though the air temperature outside the car is hot or very cold.

Although it has the same function, the way AC works on electric and conventional vehicles has a basic difference, namely as follows.

The fundamental difference in the conventional electric car and car AC system is in the energy source. The energy supplied to the air conditioner of the electric car is taken from the battery, while conventional car air conditioning gains power from internal combustion which then drives the AC compressor.

The materials used in the manufacture of AC components in electric and conventional cars are different. For example, the air conditioner compressor of electric cars is lighter and minimalist compared to the compressor on conventional car air conditioning because it works with an combustion system.

The use of the AC component of electric cars cannot be used in conventional cars considering how it works comes from different energy sources. Conventional car air conditioning components are made stronger so they can be more resistant to heat.

The compressor component in the vehicle air conditioner remains both in electric and conventional cars. What distinguishes the two is the way the compressor moves.

The compressor on electric cars moving by utilizing electric motors comes from battery power. While the compressor on conventional cars moves by utilizing the driving belt that is connected to the vehicle engine.

The use of air conditioning in electric cars will greatly affect the distance from the car. This happens because all the features embedded in the car take power from the battery, starting from the lights, driving the motorbike, including the air conditioner. This means that there is a difference in the distance between the vehicle that activates the air conditioner or not. Even the number of distance cuts is very much felt.

It is different for conventional cars whose distance is still reduced but not as big as an electric car. This happens because fuel is not needed to activate other features so that fuel only focuses on supporting energy in engines and air conditioning.

The air conditioner service for electric cars is said to be more difficult and more expensive. This happens because the air conditioner of electric cars uses an electric system, in contrast to conventional cars. In addition, not many workshops are able to handle problems in electric car air conditioning so that the cost of services that must be spent by electric car owners for air conditioning services is relatively higher.

That's information regarding the difference between an air conditioner for an electric car and an ordinary car. Visit VOI.ID to get other interesting information.