US Patent Issued to FCA US on Aug. 4 for "Driver aggression and energy use monitoring during use of vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,302, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Driver aggression and energy use monitoring during use of vehicle" was invented by Chunjian Wang (Troy, Mich.) and Drushan A Mavalankar (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining energy use during operation of a vehicle includes determining an aggression rating associated with current use of a vehicle and determining an energy use rating as a function of the aggression rating over a period of time. The determined energy use rating is compared to an energy use threshold, and an output is provided to a driver of the vehicle when...