Hyundai NEXO Road Map

Hyundai has revealed London’s dirtiest driving route working in partnership with UCL. Part of Clean Driving Month, the route is made up of the most polluted and congested roads in the city, and Hyundai’s next generation hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, NEXO, will be driving the route to help clean up the air.

UCL reviewed open source data from a King’s College London pollution study to look at Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels and Particulate Matter (PM) levels.

Scientists from the UCL team analysed heat maps that showed the mean levels of PM and NO2 levels throughout London. The proposed route incorporates the areas of Central and outer London that have the highest levels of pollutants – which exceed the limits set by the EU.

The NEXO, which is available next year, has an advanced air purification system which filters 99.9% of very fine dust (PM2.5). The vehicle shows the exact amount of air purified on the display panel in the car each time you drive. To help Brits visualise this innovative technology, Hyundai has held a clean air demonstration which brings to life the air purification system.

When the NEXO is driven for just one hour, 26.9 kilograms of air is purified – this is the same amount that 42 adults breathe in an hour. And looking to the future, if 10,000 NEXO’s were on the road it would reduce the carbon reduction effect equivalent to planting 60,000 trees. The clean air demonstration which took place at UCL this morning aimed to bring this capability to life, showing how the NEXO’S air filtration system filters the air.