TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
Visteon Spearheads R744 Climate Technology for Conventional and Hybrid VehiclesKERPEN, GERMANY (Sept. 7, 2007) - Visteon Corp.'s latest automotive thermal management solution is an application-ready CO2-based R744 climate system that consumes up to 25 percent less incremental fuel compared to conventional R134a systems. The efficient operation helps to reduce the overall fuel consumption of the vehicle by approximately 0.3 liter per 100 km at the same cooling performance as traditional systems at an ambient temperature of 25C., leading to a reduction of CO2 tailpipe emission by 7g/km with the air conditioning system operating. Visteon has delivered more than 30 prototype vehicles with R744 air conditioning systems across different platforms to more than 12 vehicle manufacturers for testing in hot and cold climates. "Today we can offer a production-ready and complete R744 climate system, which not only meets upcoming European legislation on greenhouse gases, but also helps our customers improve fuel economy," explains Nurdal K
