There is nothing worse than the burning sensation felt when your legs touch the leather seat inside your car on a hot summer day. If that isn't bad enough, you can hardly breathe in the car's cabin before the air conditioner is finally blasting cool air.
Now, just imagine how your smartphone must feel. Ever been laying out in the sun and your phone gets that overheating warning? Or maybe you've felt your phone burning up while charging. Well, now, Chevrolet drivers won't have to worry about leaving their phones in the car or how they will quickly cool them down in time to get directions to make it home from the beach.
Chevy is installing a mini air conditioner that will cool down your smartphone in the 2016 Impala and other models.
When testing for their vehicles' smartphone wireless charging feature, engineers at Chevrolet noticed that some phones would stop charging or turn off because of the built-in thermal protection feature that is enabled if the car's temperature becomes too high.
If a user needs their smartphone for navigation or to make a quick call before taking off, having their phone overheat is frustrating. So, the engineers created an industry-first technology called Active Phone Cooling to make sure overheating doesn't happen.
The AC for system for smartphones is made up of a vent that directly cools a charging smartphone. Simply place the device in the small tray located below the dashboard to have it cool down.
"Innovation doesn't mean reinventing the wheel," said Impala engineer Dan Lascu. "Sometimes simplicity offers the most elegant solution to a problem."
The mini AC for the phone only works when the AC is turned on in the car, but it will prevent frying your battery on a hot day.
The Active Phone Cooling system will be featured in the 2016 Chevy Impala, Malibu, Volt, Cruze and other models.
Via: CNet
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