Heated Windshield glass?

crokett · 02-17-2003, 10:15 AM

I was driving my fiancee to work at 5am and in light of the ice storm we are in the middle of, I was wondering if there was a way to put some sort of heated filament in the glass. Then I remembered there is a laminate in the saftey glass already. Is there a way to heat it? Somebody in the auto industry has to be thinking about this already. Not a defroster - that is on the surface of the glass. I am thinking something transparent and sandwiched in between the layers of glass.

carlywarly · 02-17-2003, 10:30 AM

Ford do it already.

Silent Bob · 02-17-2003, 10:51 AM

We've had them in the last three cars we owned, of course it's not like we need them living in Ireland

crokett · 02-17-2003, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by carlywarly
Ford do it already.

Really? I'm not talking the defroster with the heated filaments and such. I have that on my the rear window of my Pathfinder. I'm talking heating the laminate or something. Wish I had that. Be a lot more efficient than blowing hot air on the glass.

guitargeek · 02-17-2003, 12:44 PM

Yes, Ford, and other car company's as well are already doing it, and have been for almost ten years now. My girlfriend's Volvo has it as well, and the side mirrors on many high-end cars (again, my girlfriend's Volvo) are heated as well.

williamwbishop · 02-17-2003, 12:58 PM

My car as well, heated front, rear, and side mirrors. I wish the windstar had it, but it doesn't. POS. If it were not for the fact that they are built like tanks for wrecks....I'd burn it to the ground.

finegan · 02-17-2003, 01:08 PM

Maybe... a lot of cars have those thin metal strips running over the outside of the glass that melts everything in lines... heck my 21 year old Benz has that, works a treat too. the window is clean in minutes. You gotta remember though that the car industry is the last people to tackle new technology. Why blow $10 mil on R&D when you can just double profits from $50 mil on marketing instead?

Cheers,

Finegan