How do thermometers in a car work, how does it know temperature while car is stationary vs moving? Is there not a wind chill effect?

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How do thermometers in a car work, how does it know temperature while car is stationary vs moving? Is there not a wind chill effect?

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Wind chill is only an effect for things which generate heat, like humans. There is no windchill effect on a simple thermometer as it does not produce heat. There is technically some windchill for an engine including the radiator but for cars they solve this by installing the thermometer far enough in front of the engine that the heat from the engine does not affect it even when stationary.