ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,899, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driving control system and method for electric vehicle" was invented by Jiwon Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving control system and method for electric vehicles that may expand the countersteer effect through a software method of controlling driving force or braking force applied to wheels of a vehicle depending on a driver's intention and needs, can include a control unit that performs countersteer expansion control to increase the countersteer effect with respect to a driver's counters...