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BMW's continued Efficient Dynamics plan to include thermoelectric generators?

BMW has been working on thermoelectric power generators for the last few years, winninng an ÖkoGlobe award for their efforts in late 2008. Those prototypes may actually make it into production by 2014 as part of BMW's expanding Efficient Dynamics program. This according to BMW's head of development Klaus Draeger, speaking to Car Magazine in the U.K. Thermoelectric generators can use any available heat source – in this case waste heat emanating from an internal combustion engine's exhaust – to create electricity that can ... Read more →

Thermoelectric generator in a Volkswagen Golf Plus lowers fuel use by 5% Xavier Navarro

BMW wins �koGlobe 2008 award for thermoelectric generator Jeremy Korzeniewski

BMW has won an ÖkoGlobe award for the second straight year. The award was presented to the Bavarian automaker for its work on a thermoelectric generator. Um, what's that? Basically, using a ...

BMW's continued Efficient Dynamics plan to include thermoelectric generators? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Thermoelectric generator in a Volkswagen Golf Plus lowers fuel use by 5% 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago, we reported that BMW was awarded a prize for installing a thermoelectric generator at the exhaust pipe of a car. This device works under the Seebeck effect and generates electricity by the difference in temperatures. Although we can't use the generator to fill up our hybrid batteries, ...

BMW wins �koGlobe 2008 award for thermoelectric generator 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BMW has won an ÖkoGlobe award for the second straight year. The award was presented to the Bavarian automaker for its work on a thermoelectric generator. Um, what's that? Basically, using a process known as the Seebeck effect, electricity can be generated by a difference in temperatures. All ...

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