US Patent Issued to Taiga Motors on Aug. 19 for "Electric vehicle with steering column extending through battery pack" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,336, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Taiga Motors Inc. (Lasalle, Canada).

"Electric vehicle with steering column extending through battery pack" was invented by Samuel Bruneau (Montreal), Matthew Schroeder (Montreal), Paul Achard (Montreal) and Marc-Andre Fafard (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle and a powertrain for an electric vehicle are disclosed. According to an embodiment, an electric vehicle includes a steering system with a steering column, and a battery pack having a battery enclosure and a plurality of battery modules housed within the battery enclosure. The battery enclosure defines a slot that...