Every automotive is the results of an extended growth course of by which automakers construct many pre-production autos that by no means see the sunshine of day. Rather than scrapping one in all its Ioniq 5 check autos completely, Hyundai repurposed the automotive’s components to make an air air purifier.
According to a YouTube video description, the mannequin “went via quite a few checks to make sure our security.” The video notes that, over the course of a yr, the car was used to check the likes of the Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System, pass-by noise regulation and wind tunnel noise.
The video exhibits Hyundai engineers stripping the Ioniq 5 to its bones, then designing a very totally different product utilizing the elements. Among different components, they used the cooling fan, door panels, LED tail lamp, infotainment unit and, after all, the filter unit. The engineers put a 20-inch alloy wheel on the highest of the case (so the air purifier might be fairly massive), whereas the automotive’s emblem provides some skilled branding.
Although many automotive components are already recyclable, together with batteries, this can be a neat experiment. It suggests there are different sustainable methods to repurpose a automotive that is in any other case outlived its usefulness. Meanwhile, Hyundai began deliveries of the Ioniq 5 within the US this month.