Thread: Pre-Heating the cat?!
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Old 05-25-2018, 03:47 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by RedDevil View Post
It isn't a new idea. In fact, it has been produced commercially more than 20 years ago ...
Totally agreed. I think BMW put electrically preheated CAT in a production vehicle 10 or 15 years ago. I did some light internet research on this about a year or two ago.

I don't see the major fuel economy gains, though, unless it is just by getting into closed loop sooner.
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