Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Jan Koerner

Emiel Burki

Mitja Borkert

Gantimur Meissner

Gabor Herczeg

Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja

Dominic Arnold

Jochen Leinberger

Daniel Zarges

Michael Behr

Kai Leibrandt

A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.

Air inlet apparatus and method for operating an air inlet

A motor vehicle () has a wheel arch (), in which a wheel () is arranged, and has an air guiding apparatus () for guiding an air flow () that flows onto the wheel arch () during operation of the motor vehicle. The air guiding apparatus () is configured and arranged in such a way that a first part air flow () is guided past an inner side of the wheel () and a second part air flow () is guided past an outer side of the wheel (). The two part air flows () then are combined again behind the wheel arch () in a vehicle longitudinal direction.

Motor vehicle having a wheel arch

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Leonberg, Germany

Jan Koerner