ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,027, issued on May 19, was assigned to Magna Powertrain of America Inc..
"eTelligent LO range control for an electric vehicle" was invented by Lee McCay (Windsor, Canada), Jeffrey Botticello (Madison Heights, Mich.) and William Lawrie (Madison Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an electric vehicle for traversing off-road terrain includes operating the vehicle both in a normal operating mode and an electric low range operating mode. A control unit receives inputs from sensors that determine vehicle operating conditions, such as vehicle speed, grade of terrain, accelerator position, and brake pedal posi...