Hyundai and Kia built a UV system that kills bacteria inside a car while you are sitting in it
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Hyundai and Kia unveiled Plasma Care UVC, a far-ultraviolet sanitization system that works inside a car cabin with passengers present.
Hyundai and Kia have unveiled an in-vehicle sanitization system that uses far-ultraviolet light to kill bacteria and viruses inside a car cabin, even while passengers are present. The technology, called Plasma Care UVC, is what the companies describe as the first system of its kind designed for production vehicles.
Conventional ultraviolet sterilization poses a risk to human skin and eyes, which is why it is typically used only in empty spaces such as airplane bathrooms between passengers. Plasma Care UVC works differently. It emits far-ultraviolet C light in the 200 to 230 nanometre range, a wavelength that cannot penetrate human skin but is lethal to bacteria and viruses, which lack the protective outer layer that shields human cells.
The companies ran three rounds of independent testing. The Korea...
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