19 Sep '12, 4pm

BMW Experimenting With Infrared Heating For Electric Cars

BMW Experimenting With Infrared Heating For Electric Cars

While BMW is investigating the use of infrared heating in future electric cars however, it believes using a heat pump is a more likely next step, reducing the energy consumption of in-car heating so much that it could improve range by up to 30 percent against an air-heated electric car.

Full article: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1079271_bmw-experimen...

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