ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,089, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for adapting the driving performance of a vehicle" was invented by Philipp Prochazka (Ingolstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for adapting the driving performance of a vehicle, including: saving a definition of a desired driving performance of a vehicle in a memory of a drive controller of the vehicle, saving a definition of a base driving resistance of the vehicle in the memory of the drive controller of the vehicle, saving a definition of a behavior of a drive motor of the vehicle, including an engine speed/p...