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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Zero Motorcycles, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian Wismann, Felton, CA (US);
Will Brunner, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Akshay Agrawal, San Jose, CA (US);
Abe Askenazi, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Christopher Metcalfe, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Joanne Ignacio, Fremont, CA (US);
Dean Pryce, santa Cruz, CA (US);
ZERO MOTORCYCLES, INC., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle, e.g., a two-wheeled electric vehicle, is operable in a low-speed mode, in which the vehicle can be propelled selectively in the forward or reverse direction, at a speed limited to approximately an average person's walking speed, e.g., approximately 3 mph. The amount of torque driving the vehicle is controlled so that higher torque is available to propel the vehicle at lower speeds and lower torque is available to propel the vehicle at higher speeds. The maximum torque of the vehicle's electric motor is available to propel the vehicle at a standstill.