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Old 06-02-2019, 05:24 PM   #393 (permalink)
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People always say peltiers are too fragile.

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Since the early-2000s, nearly every major automaker and exhaust supplier has experimented or studied thermoelectric generators, and companies including General Motors, BMW, Daimler, Ford, Renault, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, Valeo, Boysen, Faurecia, Tenneco, Denso, Gentherm Inc., Alphabet Energy, and numerous others have built and tested prototypes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automo...tor#Challenges

Mentioned here in 2012: https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ogies-feature/

They started a seven-year program with Ford and BMW: https://www.greencarcongress.com/201...-20120928.html
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