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An assembly, a method and a motor vehicle for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine (102) having combustion air inlet means (103) and energy emitting means (104)are disclosed. The assembly (101) further includes adsorbent means (105) for adsorbing at least one polluta

An assembly, a method and a motor vehicle for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine (102) having combustion air inlet means (103) and energy emitting means (104)are disclosed. The assembly (101) further includes adsorbent means (105) for adsorbing at least one pollutant when in a first mode of operation and for desorbing the pollutant when in a second mode of operation. The adsorbent means have an inlet (106) for polluted ambient air (107, 107') and an outlet (108) for cleaned ambient air (109, 109'). Furthermore, the assembly (101) includes a pollutant conduit (110) through which the desorbed pollutant is transferred from the adsorbent means (105) to the combustion air inlet means (103) when in the second mode of operation, and the adsorbent means (105) are arranged for being brought into the second mode of operation by means of energy supplied from the energy emitting means (104).

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[ What is claimed is:] [16.]16. A method for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine, comprising:providing an internal combustion engine, having combustion air inlet means for providing air for internal combustion of an organic fuel and energy emitting means for emittin

[ What is claimed is:] [16.]16. A method for cleaning ambient air in the vicinity of an internal combustion engine, comprising:providing an internal combustion engine, having combustion air inlet means for providing air for internal combustion of an organic fuel and energy emitting means for emitting energy;providing adsorbent means having an inlet for polluted ambient air and an outlet for cleaned ambient air;absorbing at least one pollutant in said adsorbent means when in a first mode of operation; and desorbing said adsorbed pollutant when in a second mode of operation, wherein the method further comprises:providing a pollutant conduit;bringing said adsorbent means into said second mode of operation by means of said energy supplied from said energy emitting means;transferring said desorbed pollutant from said adsorbent means to said combustion air inlet means through said pollutant conduit when in said second mode of operation;combusting said pollutant in said internal combustion engine in order to create an exhaust gas; andbringing said adsorbent means back into said first mode of operation.