[fragmede]

On an electric car that yells at you your range left and that you won't make it to your destination unless you charge, if you turn on the seat warmers, that range goes down so you have to think about if you'd rather have a toasty butt and have to stop and charge, or just be colder and get there sooner. But you have to charge anyway.

[antonvs]

That sounds like a problem with whatever brand of car that is. Is it one made by a certain white supremacist perhaps? That could be the problem.

[superb_dev]

Using the heated seats will cause you to loose range on every car, not just electric

[lofaszvanitt]

Ohrly? Are you reading HN or pretending to be stupid?

[superb_dev]

I’m often stupid, but usually not on purpose. What’s your point?

[fragmede]

In an ICE powered car, running the heater doesn't have the same effect on range. Because an ICE is hot due to how it works, sending hot air to the car's interior is basically free because the heater uses waste heat from the engine.

[superb_dev]

We're talking about the seat heaters though. I'm pretty sure heated seats use resistive heaters and not waste heat from the engine