ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,363, issued on March 24, was assigned to WIGGINS LIFT Co. INC. (Oxnard, Calif.).

"Electric vehicle employing fuel cells and rechargeable batteries" was invented by Bruce Farber (Oxnard, Calif.) and Chase Menen (Oxnard, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle is described that has fuel cells and rechargeable batteries. The fuel cells are sized to produce an electric power output within their peak fuel efficiency range approximately equal to an anticipated average electric power requirement of the electric vehicle over a projected work cycle. The rechargeable batteries are sized to provide electric power up to the an...