Gree Electric said on an interactive platform that copper is the core raw material for air conditioners, accounting for about 20% of the cost of air conditioners. Although the cost of aluminum is about 1/10 of copper under the same circumstances, there is a big gap in parameters such as melting point, thermal conductivity, resistivity, corrosion resistance, etc., as well as long-term reliability. As performance, quality, and reliability cannot be fully guaranteed, the company has no plans to replace copper with aluminum for the time being.

Gree Electric said on an interactive platform that copper is the core raw material for air conditioners, accounting for about 20% of the cost of air conditioners. Although the cost of aluminum is about 1/10 of copper under the same circumstances, there is a big gap in parameters such as melting point, thermal conductivity, resistivity, corrosion resistance, etc., as well as long-term reliability. As performance, quality, and reliability cannot be fully guaranteed, the company has no plans to replace copper with aluminum for the time being.