A prototype electric Transit van saw a five-percent improvement in driving range using this method.
Beyond their aura of environmental friendliness, EVs provide the opportunity for transport and delivery businesses to save a lot of money with their reduced operating costs. Those savings can be juiced further by squeezing every last bit of efficiency out of an electric vehicle's battery.
Now consider how a delivery vehicle is used—with drivers opening and closing the doors as they hop in and out all day long. That's a lot of precious heat escaping, only to need to be replaced again by using yet more battery power.
Why is this better? The answer is actually pretty simple. A conventional climate control system heats well, the air. That means whenever the driver has to open a window or doors on their route that warm air escapes and they have to use more energy to reheat the cabin back to a comfortable temperature. Heated surfaces can transfer heat more directly to occupants, and Ford says such heat doesn't escape as easily when a door or window has to be opened.
Those are certainly not massive numbers but this was just an experiment. It doesn't seem likely that this heating method will make its wayor Mach-E Mustang anytime soon. On the other hand we won't say"never" either. This technology isn't"new," per se. Mercedes-Benz, for one, has long had heated arm rests and door panels in its luxury cars, though not for any specific efficiency reason.
If Ford continues to research this method and refines it to get better efficiency, it could make its way to fleet vehicles
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