When did cars start to have air conditioning?
A company in New York City in the United States first offered installation of air conditioning for cars in 1933. Most of their customers operated limousines and luxury cars.
When did car companies start offering air conditioning?
1933
Automobile air conditioning
The innovation was adopted quickly and new features to air conditioning like the Cadillac Comfort Control which was a completely automatic heating and cooling system set by dial thermostat was introduced as an industry first in the 1964 model year. By 1960 about 20% of all cars in the U.S. had air-conditioning, with the percentage increasing to 80% in the warm areas of the Southwest. American Motors made air conditioning standard equipment on all AMC Ambassadors starting with the 1968 model year, a first in the mass market, with a base price starting at $2,671. By 1969, 54% of domestic automobiles were equipped with air conditioning, with the feature needed not only for passenger comfort, but also to increase the car's resale value.
When did cars have air conditioning as a standard equipment?
1968
Automobile air conditioning
Automobile air conditioning
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American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954.
American Motors Corporation
In 1933, a company in the United States first started offering the installation of air conditioning in cars. Most of their customers operated limousines and luxury cars. It wasn't until 1968 that American Motors, the first automobile manufacturing company to do so, made air conditioning part of the standard features of a car, starting with their AMC Ambassadors model.