Imagine a heated seatbelt that lets you turn the heat down in your EV:
At the CES electronics show in Las Vegas this week, auto supplier ZF is showing a Heat Belt—basically a heated driver's-side front seatbelt.
What's the point? It lets EV owners keep their cabin heat turned down, potentially improving range during cold weather.Low temperatures and electric vehicles don’t play well together. The cold takes a toll on range, in part because electrons move slower when it’s chilly but mostly because heating up the cabin costs extra energy in an EV.
Mercedes-Benz previewed this idea back in 2019 but never brought it to a production car, leaving the warmed armrest first seen on the S-class cabriolet in 2007 as the last major innovation in heated cabin surfaces. While the cost is similar to adding heating elements to a steering wheel, ZF says it doesn't have an automaker as a partner for the Heat Belt yet, so we can’t say when you should expect this as an option.
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