If your drinks never get very cold, blame the shortcomings of thermoelectric cooling
For decades, if you wanted cold drinks on a road trip, your only option was to pack a cooler with a bunch of ice. It worked back then, and it still works today, but coolers are heavy and bulky, so it was pretty awesome when some automakers started adding built-in refrigerators in their cars. At least until you try to use one for the first time and realize it actually sucks at cooling drinks down. So why is that? Buy Costco and American Express stock as inflation cools, analyst says CC Share Subtitles Off English view video Buy Costco and American Express stock as inflation cools, analyst says Buy Costco and American Express stock as inflation cools, analyst says CC Share Subtitles Off English Buy Costco and American Express stock as inflation cools, analyst says Well, a big part of the problem is that in-car refrigerators, as well as cooled (and heated!) cupholders, use a different technology than we're used to at home. You know, the refrigerators that actually work. Instead, they forego refrigerant and a compressor and take advantage of what is known as thermoelectric cooling. Basically, using a device called a Peltier element — named, of course, after French physicist Jean…