ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,221, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for controlling an electric motor of a battery-operated electric vehicle, battery-operated electric vehicle and a control device for a battery-operated electric vehicle" was invented by Felix Poetter (Alling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an electric motor of a battery-operated electric vehicle (BEV) includes receiving a signal for activating a drive slip control function for a braked start at full load of the BEV, supplying the electric motor with a predefined basic application of current while the BEV is in a brak...