US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 21 for "Hybrid vehicle traveling by motor traveling mode within predetermined distance range from motor traveling spot" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,379, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Hybrid vehicle traveling by motor traveling mode within predetermined distance range from motor traveling spot" was invented by Yuki Yamada (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle sets ON a motor traveling history when a place within a predetermined distance range from a motor traveling spot is reached and traveling is started by a motor traveling mode, and performs control such that traveling is performed by the motor traveling mode when a motor traveling history is ON when a system is activated."

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