It’s a “green” gas that's meant to keep cars and the planet cool, but could it heat things up instead? Mercedes-Benz announced a recall this week after it found that a refrigerant used in the air ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global automotive refrigerant market to grow at a CAGR of over 4% during the forecast period, according to their latest market research report.

DuPont and Honeywell presented data on a new fluorochemical refrigerant, hydrofluoroolefin(HFO)-1234yf, for use in next-generation auto air conditioners, at the 2nd European Workshop on Mobile Air ...

GEISMAR, La., — Honeywell International Inc. has started commercial operations at a new plant in Geismar to produce HFO-1234yf mobile air conditioning refrigerant, sold commercially as Solstice yf.

GEISMAR, LA (WAFB) - Geismar is now home to a new facility that is expected to be the world's largest producer of a product that keeps air conditioners running in automobiles. Cars are the most widely ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Feb. 28 gave a green light to an alternative automotive air conditioning refrigerant, hydrofluoroolefin-1234yf (HFO 1234yf). The compound in current widespread ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued final approval for a new alternative refrigerant, HFO-1234yf, which may now be used in air conditioning systems for new cars and ...

Q: I recently took my Buick into the shop because the air conditioner wasn’t cold. They told me the Freon was almost empty. The shop charged me $169 to recharge the system with the caveat that it may ...

STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) -- BMW AG stepped down on Wednesday from its role in an automotive industry research program investigating the safety of a potential new air conditioning refrigerant, ...

Japanese customs authorities have confiscated 36,000 cans of Freon 12 CFC gas, banned in Japan for harming the ozone layer, that were illegally imported from China, Kyodo News reported, citing sources ...