ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,763, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Control device for an electric vehicle, electric vehicle and method for controlling the energy output of an electric vehicle" was invented by Holger Denz (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to controlling the energy output from an electric vehicle to an external consumer. According to the invention, an energy requirement for reaching a predefined destination or along a predefined route is determined. If the electrical energy stored in the traction battery falls to a critical level, which is required for safely reachin...