--- description: Chevrolet has devised a solution to hot cars in phones: an air conditioning vent made especially for phones. title: Chevy's New Cars Will Keep Your Phone Cool While it Charges image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87bf7ca03237a5d6/6988598035ba6f8122c0e0c3/cq5dam-web-1280-1280.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chevy's New Cars Will Keep Your Phone Cool While it Charges by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2015 3:55 PM CUT  Chevy Vent Chevy VentChevy by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 2, 2015 3:55 PM CUT A cell phone stuck baking in the summer sun in a car can turn piping hot fast. Now, Chevrolet has devised a solution: an [air conditioning vent](http://gizmodo.com/chevrolet-made-an-air-conditioner-just-for-your-smartph-1715375446?utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow%5Fgizmodo%5Ftwitter&utm%5Fsource=gizmodo%5Ftwitter&utm%5Fmedium=socialflow "undefined") made especially for phones. Many of Chevy’s 2016 fleet of vehicles, including the Malibu, Volt and and Impala will feature a special AC vent in the middle console in the spot where people often stash their phones. The feature only works when the whole car’s AC is on, so leaving the phone in a hot car when you’re out and about is still a bad idea. But it could help keep a phone cool when it’s doing things like charging, giving directions or streaming music. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/"},"headline":"Chevy's New Cars Will Keep Your Phone Cool While it Charges","datePublished":"2015-07-02T15:55:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:05:54.606Z","description":"To help prevent your smartphone from overheating","url":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/","keywords":["Tech","Gadgets","cars","Autos","Chevrolet","Phones","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87bf7ca03237a5d6/6988598035ba6f8122c0e0c3/cq5dam-web-1280-1280.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87bf7ca03237a5d6/6988598035ba6f8122c0e0c3/cq5dam-web-1280-1280.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chevy Vent","caption":"Chevy Vent","creditText":"Chevy","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/","name":"Chevy's New Cars Will Keep Your Phone Cool While it Charges"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving","description":"Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. But now it looks like driverless cars, at least, may finally be hitting the road.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uDXtGW1i/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-06T19:21:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uDXtGW1i.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/","duration":"PT4M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3944760/phone-car-air-conditioner/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```