Abstract: An electrically heated windshield wiper blade and assembly is provided which includes an elongated resilient blade, a blade carrier comprising an elongated body member and a pair of pivotable blade holder end sections located on opposite ends of the body member. The body member of the blade carrier includes a pair of first flexible electrical conductors extending there-through. Each conductor enters the body member and terminates at a first end located beyond a respective end of the body member. The wiper blade includes a relatively long first resistance heating element fully enclosed within a longitudinal passageway and which is electrically connected at each end to a first end of a respective one of a pair of second flexible electrical conductors. Each of the blade holding end sections comprises a hollow sealed portion through which a second resistance heating element extends. A second end of each second conductor is electrically connected to one end of the second heating element within the hollow portion.