Implementing heated seat belts has been touted as a new method to increase range in electric vehicles, while also improving occupant safety
Even in the fuel crises of the 1960s and 1970s, which were far worse than anything we’re experiencing today, little effort was made to explore ways of making cars more energy-efficient.
Direct heating in the cabin is something that manufacturers and suppliers have been seriously considering as a way of heating occupants’ bodies directly, using radiant heat rather than heating cabin air, which consumes masses of power. Some methods of direct heating have already crept in. The heated seat has been around since the 1960s, and today it and the heated steering wheel have become firm fixtures on options lists.
ZF claims its heated seatbelts can increase the range of an EV by up to 15% by reducing the energy required to heat cabin air. They are made from a new webbing with embedded electrical conductors that only marginally increase the thickness compared with standard items, a specially developed textile process weaving the conductive elements into the material.
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