ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,747, issued on Sept. 9.

"Methods and apparatus for powering a vehicle" was invented by Anthony Macaluso (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing a vehicle's energy can comprise an energy generation system, one or more energy storage devices, and a hardware controller. The energy generation system can generate energy to provide to the one or more energy storages devices and/or to a motor of the vehicle. The hardware controller can selectively electrically couple the one or more energy storage devices to the energy generation system based on one or more conditions. The hardware controller can control an electric...