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		mrfusion on June 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DOE announces breakthrough in residential cold cli... Could this be useful in electric cars? I know they spend a lot on heating the cabin.

hedora on June 18, 2022 [–]

Yes; many EVs already use heat pumps, so if this has a higher coefficient of power (and is not much heavier), and it can be scaled down to automobiles, then it will be a win.

(None of those details can be inferred from the press release.)

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