Jaguar and Land Rover cars are joining the fight against superbugs and killing them in their cars’ air conditioning units before they can infect their occupants.

The automaker is fitting future models of its vehicles with an ultraviolet* light (UVC) to sterilize* the interior of the cars.

Its current heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, which are available in the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE and Range Rover Sport, uses high voltage to manipulate* air particles*.

The firm claims trillions of nano-sized negatively charged particles (ions*) deactivate pathogens* by forming larger particles. These are then trapped by the car’s filters and discarded. Ion technology such as this, Jaguar Land Rover claims, is also effective at getting rid of smells and allergens*.

The firm claims UVC technology in cars would be able to stop the spread of the cold and flu while also reducing the transmission of major superbugs by up to 30 percent.(SD-Agencies)