#4760 Highly-Feasible, Value Add, Cost Effective Improvements to EV
#4760 Highly-Feasible, Value Add, Cost Effective Improvements to EV #4760 Describe 3 highly-feasible to implement, value add, cost effective improvements to an Electric Vehicle. 1. Microclimate Zone Conditioning & Targeted Radiant Heating The Concept: Traditional automotive climate control conditions the entire volume of cabin air via high-draw forced-air blowers and resistive (PTC) or heat pump cycles. Microclimate heating and cooling shifts the baseline by prioritizing contact surfaces (conductive heating/cooling in seats and steering wheels) paired with low-wattage radiant panels integrated into the lower dashboard, door trim, and footwells. Feasibility & Implementation: Low hardware barrier. Conductive seat heating and cooling already exist across production platforms. Expanding this to low-voltage, thin-film infrared heating elements under dash panels requires minimal tooling redesign and connects directly to standard body control module (BCM) low-voltage rails with...