The hydrogen-powered Hyundai Nexo for the Conservative party conference was supplied by Swindon's own Pebley Beach.
Prime minister Boris Johnson put thoughts of the fuel crisis behind him for a few minutes, as he climbed behind the wheel of a hydrogen-powered car supplied by Swindon motor dealer Pebley Beach.
The Hyundai Nexo was supplied to British chemicals giant Ineos, which last year launched a clean hydrogen business to accelerate its own drive towards net zero carbon emissions.
The Nexo was wrapped in Ineos branding by another Swindon company – Smart Designs – before being driven to Manchester for the Conservative Party conference.
Dominic Threlfall, Managing Director of Pebley Beach said: "The government published its hydrogen strategy in August, and sees the benefits of using hydrogen to meet the UK's carbon reduction targets.
"This was an excellent opportunity to discuss hydrogen-powered motoring with policy-makers and those who influence government strategy.
"It was also a good opportunity to promote Swindon's place at the forefront of the UK's hydrogen revolution."
The Nexo uses hydrogen to power an electric motor, using fuel cells developed by another Swindon-based company – Johnson Matthey.
The SUV, which is said to emit nothing more harmful than water, is fitted with an advanced air purification system that actually cleans the air as it drives – removing 99.9 percent of particles from the air around it.
Pebley Beach is the phase 1 distributor of the Nexo for Hyundai UK.
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