Not sure I would drink water that has had all that pollution flowing over it, not to mention what else is floating around in the air going through the air con.

What a great idea! I'm forever leaving home without a water bottle then wanting a drink on the way. You could carry a water bottle with you and top it up before you left the car to drink at the football or on the golf course or whatever and never buy another bottle of water. Not only that but it is pure water that has been condensed from the air and then further purified - much cleaner than anything you could drink from a local tap. @StephenDavey you don't seem to understand that this is purified water that is as good as and probably better than any bottled water that you can buy.

Stephen, with an appropriate food grade coating on the condenser fins; and sealed collection of condensate; the water collected will be fine for drinking even without a 1.5 micron filter. I cant see it being used economically in countries with freezing conditions however the engine has plenty of radiated heat to maintain liquidity. May need to re-position aircon radiator though

Instead of drinking water - how about filling up the windshield wiper water supply???

I would be very worried about Legionnares's disease. Maybe a silver coating might help.

Who ever wrote this article had no knowledge of air conditioning. Condensation comes off the evaporator ! The condenser condenses refrigerant inside the coil and not the ambient air going across the coil. The people that write these articles should have at least a little knowledge of what they are writing about !

What if the person sitting near u stinks are u still goingto drink that water cause basically thats the sweat off his u no what

I agree with richdin why just drinking water? Have it top up the windshield wiper bottle (using a smaller tank for pure cleaner mix) and top off the coolant reserve tank to the radiator.

You have to treat the water with germicidal UV light because of airborne pathogens - but that's no big deal. If they did that with the filter, I'd drink it.

The deserts I have driven through are dry - low relative humidity, so there is negligible condensation and what condensation there would be evaporates immediately. This article is clever, but flawed. Pity about that.