Systems and methods associated with an electric vehicle are provided. The electric vehicle includes a sensor system, a communications system and a snow clearing system. The systems and methods detect, based on data from the sensor system, snow that may accumulate on a window of the electric vehicle. When snow is detected, a notification is provided, via the communications system, to a remote user device. The notification requests user acceptance of use of charge of a battery of the electric vehicle to operate the snow clearing system of the electric vehicle. The systems and methods receive, by the communications system, a response to the notification from the user device, and when the response indicates acceptance of the use of charge of the battery, the snow clearing system is activated. The snow clearing system is powered by the battery.

A method of minimizing ice buildup on a windshield of a vehicle is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) monitoring a state of the vehicle; (b) determining a state of the windshield wiper; (c) determining an ambient temperature of the vehicle; and (d) initiating a timer when the state of the vehicle changes from an on state if the ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature and the state of the windshield wiper prior to the vehicle changing to the off state is an on state, and turning the windshield wiper to the on state after a period of time. The windshield wiper may remain on at least through a full cycle from a park zone, to a fully extended position, and back to the park zone. The wiper may remain on for a predetermined period of time determined based upon the ambient temperature or other condition.

A method of minimizing ice buildup on a windshield of a vehicle is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) monitoring a state of the vehicle; (b) determining a state of the windshield wiper; (c) determining an ambient temperature of the vehicle; and (d) initiating a timer when the state of the vehicle changes from an on state if the ambient temperature is below a threshold temperature and the state of the windshield wiper prior to the vehicle changing to the off state is an on state, and turning the windshield wiper to the on state after a period of time. The windshield wiper may remain on at least through a full cycle from a park zone, to a fully extended position, and back to the park zone. The wiper may remain on for a predetermined period of time determined based upon the ambient temperature or other condition.

Method for de-icing a vehicle window (10), said vehicle being equipped with a de-icing device notably comprising at least one tank containing a de-icing liquid, at least one wiper blade, openings through which said liquid is sprayed onto said window, and an outside temperature sensor, characterized in that it comprises a step consisting in ejecting the liquid via said openings and adapting the quantity Q of liquid sprayed as a function of the outside temperature so that when said outside temperature is equal to T1 a quantity of liquid is ejected and when the outside temperature is equal to T2, with T2<T1, an identical or different quantity of liquid is ejected.

Method for washing a window of a motor vehicle, using a device comprising: at least one tank containing a de-icing fluid, a tube system connecting the at least one tank to openings through which the fluid is sprayed onto the window, a supply pump designed to circulate the fluid in the tube system until it is ejected via the aforesaid openings, and at least one wiper blade suitable for moving over the window through the action of a drive motor,
characterized in that it comprises: a) a division of the angular sector swept by said at least one blade into elementary sectors, and b) over at least one elementary sector, a modulation of the exit pressure from the supply pump between a nominal pressure and a non-zero pressure that is less than this nominal pressure.

Disclosed is a wiper blade control system for a vehicle comprising: a wiper blade electronic control unit, a temperature sensor, at least one of a windshield monitoring camera, a windshield precipitation monitor, or combinations thereof, and a wiper blade elevation motor. The wiper blade electronic control unit is connected to the temperature sensor to the at least one of the windshield monitoring camera or the windshield precipitation monitor, to the wiper blade elevation motor, and to a vehicle transmission electronic control unit. Provided the vehicle is in park, the system raises a set of wiper blades off the windshield if the external temperature either exceeds a high temperature threshold or is below a low temperature threshold. The system also raises the wiper blades if snow or ice are detected on the windshield. The system lowers the wiper blades when the conditions are no longer met.

A vehicle washer connector includes a main body part connecting washer hoses to each other and a heating part mounted on the main body part. The heating part has a heating wire connected thereto and disposed on an inner side of the main body part and the heating part supplies power to heat the heating wire. The washer connector also includes a temperature sensor coupled to the main body part and configured to measure a temperature of washer fluid flowing through the main body part. The washer connector also includes a controller connected to the heating part and the temperature sensor. The controller selectively controls operation of the heating part by comparing the temperature of the washer fluid measured by the temperature sensor and a set temperature.

A vehicle includes a front windshield wiper and a front windshield wiper actuator configured to actuate the front windshield wiper to wipe a front windshield of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a rear window wiper and a rear window wiper actuator configured to actuate the rear window wiper to wipe a rear window of the vehicle. A precipitation sensor configured to sense precipitation in front of the vehicle. A control system is configured to control a frequency of the front windshield wiper actuator and a frequency of the rear window wiper actuator based on an output of the precipitation sensor. The frequency of the rear window wiper may be proportional to the frequency of the front windshield wiper with adjustments for inputs such as vehicle speed, camera outputs, and current drawn by the rear window wiper actuator.