Li Bin, CEO of Weilai Automobile, once said that the car will be people's second living room.
This is also the case. With the increasing popularity of family cars, people spend more and more time in the car, whether commuting to work or traveling on vacation. Recently, with the continuous spread of the epidemic in COVID-19, how to ensure that the occupants in the car have a healthy air environment at any time has become the focus of many enterprises.
A few days ago, Geely Group decided to start the research and development of "all-round health car" with anti-virus function. Geely said that the "all-around health car" is a product for ordinary consumers, which is different from professional medical protection cars.
In order to achieve "all-round health" in the car, Geely Automobile will focus on breaking through the virus prevention function and technology in the car on the basis of the existing functions of isolating harmful substances from the outside air and purifying the air inside the car quickly and efficiently, so as to effectively inhibit and reduce the harm of the virus to the human body. At the same time, the materials used in the car not only have high environmental protection and low emission, but also have the ability to inhibit bacteria or surface sterilization by adding bacteriostatic and antibacterial substances.
The research and development of "all-round healthy car" means that Geely has given new content to the concept of "driver safety" and pulled the concept of "automobile safety" to a new height. To this end, Geely will invest 370 million yuan in advance.
Coincidentally, as early as March 28th last year, it was reported that Jaguar Land Rover was studying an innovative UV-C technology. This technology is widely used to disinfect water supply, filter air and disinfect the surface of objects. It has been used in the medical industry for more than 70 years and can help prevent the spread of colds and flu.
Jaguar Land Rover hopes to integrate UV-C into the car air conditioning system to prevent bacteria and harmful viruses (pathogens) from living in the car. According to Jaguar Land Rover Chief Medical Officer Steve? Dr. Iley said: "Drivers spend an average of 300 hours driving every year, so it is obvious that cars can be better used to implement preventive medical measures."
Interestingly, this set of ultraviolet technology applied by Jaguar Land Rover is similar to the one called "Wellness" launched by Yanfeng Company last September. The antibacterial equipment technology of Pod (health box) is similar.
Yanfeng Company introduced, "Health? Pod has built-in ultraviolet divergent lens, which integrates ultraviolet air disinfection system, surface sterilization system and various fragrance release systems. Although ultraviolet rays are used to disinfect indoor air and indoor surfaces, its fragrance diffusion system will keep indoor air fresh.
It is understood that the bacteria directly exposed to the surface after ultraviolet sterilization can be reduced by 99.9%, and the bacteria on the indirect surface can also be reduced by 95%. At present, "health?" Pod also specially designed a quick cleaning mode for * * * vehicles to prepare a clean interior environment for the next passenger by cleaning the high-frequency contact area after the passenger gets off the bus.
In recent years, the increasingly severe smog hazard and the frequent infectious disease crisis have made people more and more aware of the importance of environmental health. With the continuous progress of science and technology and the continuous upgrading of consumer demand, it is believed that more and more enterprises will join the "anti-drug" army. No matter how rampant the virus is, it will eventually be put out.
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