The automotive industry, and let’s face it, the economy as a whole is trying to bounce back after the Coronavirus pandemic shut down factories, office buildings, and entire businesses world-wide. Over the spring and summer, the automotive industry turned the lights back on in manufacturing plants and went to work, and not just to produce automobiles. Automakers from all over the world came together to provide supplies for healthcare and front-line workers most susceptible to being infected by COVID-19. Some automakers also got involved with local communities, like Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) helping with Nashville Disaster Relief. Automakers have also been looking at new ways to design and build vehicles for a post-pandemic world. They say, “necessity is the mother of invention,” and automakers are racing to make the next product to keep their consumers safe. Mitsubishi Motors may have just taken a leap to the front with its EPA-approved Diamond Premium Care™ disinfectant (also known as the CLOROX360 program at some dealerships).
Why worry about designing a new vehicle and investing in what could be a short-lived necessity? They’re currently working on a vaccine – I mean, I have no urge to inject a dead version of COVID-19 into my bloodstream – but there are people currently partaking in human trials. If by next summer the world is free of the Coronavirus, then investing in a vehicle designed to handle the virus would be more of a loss than a gain. Wouldn’t it be easier to design a simple, non-abrasive, antimicrobial, no-contact disinfecting and deodorizing spray that kills SARS-CoV-2 virus on contact?
