ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,808, issued on Nov. 18.

"Failsafe automobile with electrical motor propulsion" was invented by Frampton E. Ellis (Jasper, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A failsafe EV automobile being capable of basic operations, including a starting operation, an electrical motor propulsion operation, a battery operation, a steering operation, a stopping operation, and a lighting operation. The automobile including an electronic system controlled by a computer and/or microprocessor. The basic operations of the automobile having two different modes of operation: a normal performance mode of each of the basic operations of the automobile, the nor...