In 2023, it shouldn't be too much to equip the car with an air conditioner, right? However, when you open the micro electric vehicle configuration list, you will find that some car air conditioners are blank. If the lack of air conditioning has made you speechless, then the new car does not even have an air conditioning filter, which will definitely make your jaw drop.
In 2023, there are still cars without air conditioning filters?
As we all know, the price of air filters is only tens of dollars, and it is not expensive. But nowadays, many cheap scooters do not have air conditioning filters, such as the very familiar national god car - Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, the original factory did not design air conditioning filter elements at all, note that it is not equipped, but not designed.
Therefore, when you are ready to buy your own filter element and install it into the air conditioner of the beloved Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, you will find that it does not reserve the installation position of the air conditioning filter element at all...
At this point, you may be ready to pick up the keyboard and spray, but when you search for new cars without filter elements on the Internet, you will find that the Hongguang MINI EV is not an exception at all. In fact, in addition to the Hongguang MINI EV, Chery Little Ant and Changan Benben E-Star do not have air conditioning filters.
A little conscientious is that Chery Little Ant and Changan Benben E-Star still reserve the installation position of the air conditioning filter, as long as you buy the suitable air conditioning filter, you can install it yourself.
Why reduce the air conditioning filter?
First of all, let's talk to you about cold knowledge, whether it is domestic or foreign, air conditioning filter elements are not necessarily standard.
For example, in the United States, the Camry did not have an air conditioning filter before 2002, even the GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck, which is very popular in the United States, from the 2007 to 2013 model year, the original factory was not equipped with an air conditioning filter.
As for why the filter element is reduced, the reason is, of course, cost savings. Although the price of the air conditioning filter element is only a few tens of yuan, it is not a small amount of money for car manufacturers who have to worry about 1 yuan. If a car sells 100,000 units a year, and a car saves 30 yuan in the cost of air conditioning filters, then it saves 3 million a year.
And such a cheap model as Wuling Hongguang MIN IEV, the annual sales volume is as high as 554,000 vehicles, eliminating the air conditioning filter, you can save millions of dollars a year. More importantly, not everyone cares about the air conditioning filter, and even some people don't know the existence of the filter element, so reducing a painless filter element will not have much impact on everyone's purchase decisions.
What should I do without an air conditioning filter?
In fact, the original factory is not equipped with an air conditioning filter element is not a big problem, after all, you can buy the same model of product on the Internet. And those cars that did not design the air conditioning filter element at all are the most headache. Especially recently, there have been sandstorms in many parts of the country, if there is no air conditioning filter, you have to eat soil while sitting in the car.
Seeing this, everyone must know that we are talking about Hongguang MINI EV, in fact, MINI EV owners have thought of various ways to make their own air conditioning filters. For example, a god on the forum measured the size of the fresh air outlet of the Hongguang MINI EV himself, and then made his own plastic shell and glued the plastic shell to the new air vent with glue.
One side of the plastic shell is designed with an opening, and this god has thought of a very peculiar method, using one end of the plastic hose to connect the opening of the fresh air shell, and the other end to connect the welder mask, so a filter element with excellent filtration effect is ready. However, the actual effect of this design will certainly not be too good, because the original blower power is small, coupled with welder masks and self-made pipes to increase the intake resistance, so the amount of air circulation in the car will be very small.
Of course, there are some simpler ways, that is, to find an air conditioning filter of comparable size to stick to the position of the new branch, but the life of the filter element is estimated to be not too long.
Write at the end
If you are not allergic to pollen and the local air quality is very good, then not having an air conditioner filter is not too serious a problem. But if the air quality in your area is very poor, and you or your family is prone to allergies, it is impossible to have no air conditioning filter, so when you are ready to buy a door-level scooter, you may wish to do your homework first to avoid tossing and turning after buying a car.