Ford study suggests that having more heated interior panels is more efficient at keeping passengers warm than HVAC in electric cars.
in the prime operating temperature range for best performance, but it's also keeping the people inside inprime operating temperature. And that requires energy, which in turn takes away from what can be used for traveling. In an effort to find more efficient ways to manage cabin temperatures ,The test was focused on delivery vehicles, using
. The reason being that it can be tricky to keep the cabin warm with frequent door openings. And the company compared regular vans running HVAC and modified vans with nearly every surface imaginable concealing heating pads. And we mean. At the end of Ford's testing period, which seems to have taken place across multiple seasons, the heated panels managed to use 13% less energy in keeping the cabin comfortable. Ford says that savings could improve driving range by 5%.
The reason for this, according to Ford, is that anytime the doors open on these delivery vans, much of that warm air is immediately lost, and when your heater is only specifically heating the air, you're sort of back to square one. But by heating the various surfaces in the cabin, they'll mostly remain warm, even with doors opening, so that's less lost energy.
Ford's test is further evidence that having more temperature-controlled surfaces could provide efficiency boosts. Back in January,Certainly heated interior panels are totally feasible for cars today. Luxury automakers such as
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