US Patent Issued to FERRARI on March 17 for "Process and apparatus for controlling the forward movement of a motor vehicle as a function of route parameters in a driving mode with a single pedal" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,838, issued on March 17, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Italy).

"Process and apparatus for controlling the forward movement of a motor vehicle as a function of route parameters in a driving mode with a single pedal" was invented by Erik Masoero (Modena, Italy) and Federico Teodonio (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for controlling the forward movement of a motor vehicle with a braking device, a control operable between a rest position and an end position, and return means for automatically returning the control to the rest position by a return movement includes the steps of determining at least a first paramet...