ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,292, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ELECTRA VEHICLES INC. (Boston).
"Dual energy storage powertrain configurations and methods for controlling the same" was invented by Saurabh Bhasme (Allston, Mass.), Thomas James Couture (Allston, Mass.) and Fabrizio Martini (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain system for a vehicle is described. The powertrain system includes a first energy storage unit, a second energy storage unit, and an electronic control unit coupled to the first energy storage unit and the second energy storage unit. The first energy storage unit is configured to provide power to drive a first set of wheels...