DaimlerChrysler Announces New Sebring With Tellurex Technology
July 5, 2006
DaimlerChrysler formally unveiled its new Chrysler Sebring on June 22, 2006, complete with a Tellurex Corporation cup cooler/heater built into its center console. Charles Cauchy, President of Tellurex, sees a very promising future for the company's cup holder. "We envision the cup cooler/heater becoming standard equipment on many well-appointed cars. Active cup holders can become as common as CD players or air conditioning. Tellurex is proud to be the first supplier of this product and a technology leader that will develop more products for the automotive market." The Tellurex cupholder, powered by the company's Z-Max thermoelectric module, chillsbeverages to 40 degrees Fahrenheit below the interior temperature of the car.
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In the heating mode, it will heat whatever is held in its customized cup to 140 degrees. By flipping a three-position rocker switch, the Tellurex cupholder can be set to either the heating or cooling mode, or turned off.
The Traverse City, Michigan-based Tellurex Corporation is a world leader in solid-state thermoelectric power generation and cooling technology.
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Cup Holders Featured in Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal on-line subscribers need to go to the “Article Search” box at the top of any WSJ on-line page, type in “cup holders” and hit an arrow button right beside the box. That will bring all articles with the words “cup holder” up in a list. Click on the August 10 article about “sophisticated cup holders”. |
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