US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 27 for "Battery electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,913, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery electric vehicle" was invented by Taro Moteki (Zama, Japan), Tatsuya Imamura (Okazaki, Japan) and Yoichiro Isami (Mishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicles according to embodiments of the present disclosure are battery electric vehicle having an electric motor as a driving source. The vehicle includes a transmission having a plurality of switchable gear ratios and a pseudo shifter capable of selecting a number of shift positions greater than the number of switchable gear ratios. The control device of the vehicle determines the combinati...