Who invented air conditioning for general motors cars?
Great question. You may remember that “frigidaire” was a world leader in refrigeration, and it was part of GM. Most people (some of whom already answered this question) are completely ignorant of GM’s pioneering role in refrigeration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigidaire So your question really relates to the history of frigidaire. It was a corporate effort, plain and simple, so you wouldn’t pin the whole effort on one person. They had one enormous contribution. GM was the first to demonstrate that CFC’s would be suitable refrigerants. The criteria were non-flammable and non-toxic. According to wikipedia, Freon, in this case dichlorodifluoromethane, was invented by Thomas Midgley, Jr. with co-inventor Charles Kettering.[1] You may recognize the name Kettering – He was GM’s head of research. Midgely may have been the most influential chemical inventor that GM ever had:
