Patent ID: 9290098
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electric vehicle comprising a first drive system configured to drive a first wheel of the electric vehicle, wherein the first drive system comprises a battery powering an electric motor; a second drive system configured to drive a second wheel of the electric vehicle, wherein the second drive system is powered by a non-battery power source; wherein the first wheel is coupled to a first axle, wherein the second wheel is coupled to a second axle wherein the first axle is different from the second axle; a manual controller operated by a driver of the electric vehicle, wherein the manual controller is configured to provide a mutually exclusive operation of the first and the second drive systems, wherein the manual controller is configured to exclude operations in which the first and the second drive systems operate simultaneously.