Temperature control system for a motor vehicle and method

A temperature control system for a motor vehicle, the temperature control system comprising:

• a first supply air device to receive a first airflow from an external environment and facilitate flow of the first airflow in a first air circuit as supply air into a cabin of the motor vehicle and discharge of the first airflow into the external environment as exhaust air to thereby close the first air circuit;
• an exhaust air device;
• a heat exchange device to receive heat from the exhaust air device, the heat exchange device including a heat pump and heat exchange lines to facilitate return of the heat to the first supply air device;
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• a second supply air device, arranged in the rear region of the motor vehicle, to receive a second airflow from the external environment and facilitate flow of the second airflow via a second air circuit through the heat exchange device and discharge of the second airflow into the environment to thereby close the second air circuit.

A method for operating a temperature control system for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• arranging at least one first supply air device in a front region of the motor vehicle to receive a first airflow from an external environment and facilitate flow of the first airflow via a first air circuit as supply air into a cabin of the motor vehicle and discharge of the first airflow into the external environment as exhaust air to thereby close the first air circuit;
• arranging at least one first supply air device in the front region of the motor vehicle;
• arranging at least one exhaust air device in a rear region of the motor vehicle;
• arranging a heat exchange device in the rear region to receive heat from the at least one exhaust air device, the heat exchange device including a heat pump and heat exchange lines to facilitate return of the heat to the at least one first supply air device;
• arranging a second supply air device in the rear region of the motor vehicle;
• receiving a second airflow from the external environment of the motor vehicle in the rear region via the second supply air device for flow through the heat exchange device;
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• discharging the second airflow into the environment to thereby close the second air circuit.