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Old 09-29-2018, 02:15 PM   #4 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX
90 day: 24.19 mpg (US)

Lafawnda - CBR600 - '01 Honda CBR600 F4i
90 day: 47.32 mpg (US)

Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base
90 day: 21.82 mpg (US)

Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2
90 day: 17.14 mpg (US)

Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD

Pacifica Hybrid - '21 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
90 day: 85.85 mpg (US)
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Seat heaters consume next to nothing on the vehicles I've measured (25-80w each seat depending on setting). Simply running the HVAC fans on low consumes more power.

In other words, in an ICE vehicle, it takes less gasoline to run seat heaters than to run the fans to move the free waste heat into the cabin. It seems counter-intuitive, but that's what I've measured on my Prius and Acura.
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