Blueair, a world-leader in air purification solutions, has unveiled in Qatar a state-of-the art air purifier for cars, trucks and other road vehicles.
The Cabin car air purifier range will be available in all Jumbo Electronics showrooms, leading hypermarkets, retailers and select car dealers.
“To meet the consumer needs for clean air in cars, Blueair has expanded their air purification expertise and best-in-class technology to a new segment, which I am proud to launch in our country,” said Sajed Jassim Mohamed Sulaiman, vice chairman and managing director, Video Home & Electronic Centre/Jumbo Electronics, at the launch event in Doha.
“Commuters spend, on average, about 10 hours a week in vehicles, this is particularly true for Qatar, where walking and cycling are less common ways of transport,” he said.
Video Home & Electronic Centre director, CEO C V Rappai and COO Rohit Pandit, and Blueair Middle East general manager T R Ganesh were also present at the launch.
Last year, US scientists found that levels of soot and chemicals inside cars were twice as high as those measured by roadside detectors, according to a statement from Video Home.
“A few months ago, scientists at London Metropolitan University revealed that car air-conditioning systems can function as breeding grounds for bacteria. While air quality defers from region to region, air pollution remains one of the biggest public health concerns in any country. 
“Compact and easy to install, Cabin car air purifiers are equipped with Blueair’s pioneering HEPASilent technology, which filters out at least 99.97% of airborne pollutants, bacteria, viruses, allergens, microplastics, smoke, dust, soot, sand, and pollen as small as 0.1 micron in size.
With its sustainable Swedish design and whisper-silent technology, the new range upgrades consumers’ lives in more ways than one.”
Blueair cabin air purifier delivers 38cu m of clean air per hour and cleans air in a mid-size car in five to six minutes.
“Air quality inside cars can be much worse than on the street, because of a combination of exhaust emissions from one’s own vehicle as well as from other vehicles, as well as particles from tyres and road wear products that enter through ventilation and air-conditioning systems,” added Ganesh.