ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,441, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Method for operating a vehicle" was invented by Christian Gluck (Ingolstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a vehicle having: an internal combustion engine for driving the vehicle; at least one emission-relevant load; at least one electrical-system battery; and at least one vehicle battery, in which method prior to the start-up of the vehicle, the at least one vehicle battery is charged with electrical energy from the at least one electrical-system battery and, prior to and/or during the start-up of the internal combustion engine, the...