Passive heating and cooling is a design feature. Like homes they are built where they can gain and lose heat without the use of mechanical means, such as roof overhangs that block sun from windows during summer months and allow sun in winter months, thus gaining radiant heat.
As for a passive control for a vehicle? We shall see I guess... I do this now by rolling my window down a half inch to let the hot air out... 😁, not sure you can roll the window down on a battery.
Thermal management is very important, but we do not yet know what battery chemistry is going to be used in the Aptera yet.
Passive heating and cooling is a design feature. Like homes they are built where they can gain and lose heat without the use of mechanical means, such as roof overhangs that block sun from windows during summer months and allow sun in winter months, thus gaining radiant heat.
As for a passive control for a vehicle? We shall see I guess... I do this now by rolling my window down a half inch to let the hot air out... 😁, not sure you can roll the window down on a battery.
Thermal management is very important, but we do not yet know what battery chemistry is going to be used in the Aptera yet.