Jaguar Land Rover Limited

Oliver Legrice

Richard Woolley

Adrian Philip Gaylard

Christopher Thompson

Ross Turner

Mark McNally

Ian Sellars

Alex Cook

Nick Carpenter

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of charging an electric vehicle. The method comprises receiving at an electric vehicle, a wireless signal associated with an electric vehicle charging apparatus. Upon receiving the signal the method comprises controlling an actuator to open, in dependence on receiving the wireless signal, an enclosure housing a socket for receiving the charging plug. Embodiments of the invention also provide an enclosure for a charging socket of an electric vehicle.

Method and apparatus for electric vehicle charging

The present invention relates to a wheel rim extender device () removably mountable on a wheel () having a tire retaining rim () for engaging an outer surface of a tire (). The device () has an annular member () for location adjacent a sidewall () of a tire () mounted on the wheel (). The annular member () comprises an edge portion () which defines an outer circumference of the annular member () and a support portion (), disposed radially inward of the edge portion (), for mounting on the wheel (), wherein the edge portion () has a greater flexibility than the support portion (). The invention also relates to the combination of a wheel rim extender device () and a wheel ().

Wheels

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Coventry, United Kingdom

Oliver Legrice