ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,180, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Textron Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Dynamic assignment of electric vehicle operational characteristics based on vehicle site" was invented by Christopher Alexander Boehm (North Augusta, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an onboard controller, the method comprising automatically detecting operation of the vehicle within a site defined by a geographic boundary; and providing to the vehicle operational characteristics associated with the site, wherein the onboard controller causes the vehicle to operate in accordance with the operation...