ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,313, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TAIGA MOTORS INC. (Lasalle, Canada).

"Runaway prevention systems and methods for electric vehicles" was invented by Gabriel Bernatchez (Montreal) and Amin Zabihinejad (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of stopping propulsion of an electric vehicle in an emergency situation are provided. One method includes receiving a command to stop propulsion of the electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is in motion, and in response to the command, attempting to regulate an operation of an electric motor of the electric vehicle toward a no-load operating state of the electric m...