US Patent Issued to Taiga Motors on Nov. 11 for "Electric vehicle with battery pack as structural element" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,517, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Taiga Motors Inc. (Lasalle, Canada).

"Electric vehicle with battery pack as structural element" 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 suspension system, a seat, a steering system, an electric motor and a battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more battery modules to provide power to the electric motor and a battery enclosure housing th...