ZF Heated Seatbelt Can Reportedly Boost EV Range In Cold Weather via insideevs.com
Everybody knows that electric vehicles don’t get along very well with cold weather, especially because it lowers the driving range. Moreover, the range of an EV is yet again lowered when you want to warm up the cabin, drawing extra current from the batteries.
Well, the Germans over at ZF, who are known worldwide for their automatic gearboxes and a host of other original equipment for car makers, are saying that they’ve got some sort of fix for this particular EV issue. Enter the heated seatbelt concept, which is supposed to enable a range gain of up to 15 percent when used correctly in an electric car.
The concept is simple but interesting, with small heating conductors woven directly into the belt structure like threads, which allows for the thickness of the seatbelt to be identical to a regular, non-heated one. ZF also claims that there is no difference in terms of operation for the passengers and that its concept can be used in series production, particularly because the contact elements for the electrical heating circuits don’t interfere with either the operation or the retractor.
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