ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,178, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Automated management of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in high-demand conditions" was invented by Shyam Jade (Plymouth, Mich.), Ziheng Pan (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Sergio Arturo Garcia Ortega (San Luis Potosi, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in high-demand conditions. An example system includes a cloud-based policy administration component configured to identify the impacted area, estimate the charging demand in that area during the traffic event, and deploy mit...