Volkswagen was granted a patent for electric-drive temperature control.

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    "patent_title": "Electric drive system of a motor vehicle and method for controlling the temperature of drive system components of such an electric drive system",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft",
    "patent_abstract": "An electric drive system of a motor vehicle and method for controlling the temperature of components of such an electric drive system, of a motor vehicle which has at least an electrical energy storage system, at least one power electronics unit, and at least one electrical machine for driving at least one drive wheel of the motor vehicle. The electrical energy storage system, the power electronics and the electrical machine each constitute a drive system component of the drive system and are functionally coupled with each other. At least two of the drive system components are part of an optimization module, which is designed to perform a performance-optimized relative temperature control of the drive system components. The invention also relates to a method of controlling the temperature of drive system components of such an electric drive system.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
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  -d '{"domain":"volkswagen.com","limit":20}'