SE ATING
VW’S ID ROOMZZ FEATURES VEGAN
SEATS MADE WITH ‘APPLE LEATHER’
But if heated and body-memorising
seats are now common in both industries,
what are the new automotive trends and
which brands are implementing them? On
the inner-workings side, veteran German
carmaker Mercedes has recently added
what it calls Energising Seating Kinetics
to its GLE and GLS large SUVs and also
to its lower-priced A-Class compact
hatchback and B-Class mini-MPV.
The technology – from supplier
Comfort Motion Global – is designed
to reduce occupant fatigue by making
micro adjustments to a seat’s lumbar
support, bolsters, heating, cooling and
massage functions by collectively
redistributing the occupant’s weight
by small amounts during a journey.
SPORTS SCIENCE
The intelligence behind the technology
comes from the sports and medical
industries as Dr Paul Phipps, Comfort
Motion Global’s chief medical officer,
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