ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,276, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electrified vehicle and method of power source control for the same" was invented by Won Jae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Gi Young Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of power source control for the electrified vehicle includes: learning travel data in consideration of whether or not a swap battery is mounted in a vehicle in which a main battery is mounted at all times; determining a travel distance according to a currently mounted battery based on the travel data and a current driving po...