Hi Rod: The Tesla Roadster uses an electric heater in the cabin and an electric motor to push the refrigerant around for AC. Fortunately that big battery has electrical power to spare. Jeff Angwin VIN 3034 On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Rod Dillman <rhdillman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > > > Some have mentioned electric conversion as an option for our cars. I am > curious as to how the heat and air conditioning is handled in a total > electric conversion without a gasoline engine to drive the AC compressor > and a radiator to provide a heat source. > > Rod > 10921 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/