A vehicle air conditioner selectively switches one of a cooling mode in which
an
interior heat exchanger of a refrigerant cycle is operated as an evaporator for
cooling air, and a heating mode in which the interior heat exchanger is operated
as a radiator for heating air. In the vehicle air conditioner, an accumulator,
for separating gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant from each other and for storing
the separated liquid refrigerant therein, is disposed between an outlet of the
interior heat exchanger and a suction port of a compressor. Further, the accumulator
includes a heating device for heating the liquid refrigerant stored in the accumulator
in the heating mode. Therefore, heating performance for heating air in heating
mode can be efficiently improved.