ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,043, issued on May 19, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Hyejoo Lee (Bucheon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and a method of controlling the same includes a communicator configured to receive charging station information from an external server; a display; a sensor configured to obtain location information of a vehicle; and a controller connected to the communicator, the display and the sensor and including a processor configured to process the location information and the charging station info...