ELECTRIC OR HYBRID MOTOR VEHICLE BODYWORK STRUCTURE, THE VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING/MODIFYING TEMPERATURE OF PASSENGER COMPARTMENT THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric or hybrid motor bodywork structure having an accumulator battery, and a method for controlling/modifying the temperature of a passenger compartment thereof.

SOLUTION: The bodywork structure 1 includes one interior and exterior panel 3, 4 and one intermediate layer 2 between the panels, each panel being based on a thermally conducting and electrically insulating material. The intermediate layer has phase change materials PCM1, PCM2 and electric components 5 and is configured to be connected to a battery and which are able to convert the electrical energy available when the battery is being recharged into thermal energy stored by the PCM, so that the stored thermal energy is then transmitted to the interior of the vehicle when the latter is in use thanks to crystallizing of the at least one PCM, which is conversely able, by melting, to absorb an excess of heat inside the vehicle when this PCM is not recharged.

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