US: GM to use new a/c refrigerant from 2013
Author: just-auto.com editorial team | 23 July 2010
General Motors on Friday said it would introduce a new "greenhouse gas-friendly" air conditioning refrigerant in 2013 models in the US, claiming it would keep vehicle interiors as cool as today while reducing heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere by almost 100%.
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