US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on March 31 for "Credit and rewards program for electric vehicle users based on clean energy usage" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,940, issued on March 31, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Credit and rewards program for electric vehicle users based on clean energy usage" was invented by Robert M Uyeki (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for allocating energy credits is provided. The system includes circuitry that identifies a vehicle identifier associated with an electric vehicle and retrieves usage data comprising battery charging records for the electric vehicle. Each record includes a charging time-period, quantity of electrical power used, and geographic location. The circuitry determines a carbon intensity s...