Motor vehicle
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsRainer Souschek, Guenter Hans Grosch, Thomas Gerhards, Tobias Ricke, Alexandra Gatzweiler, Philipp Wolf
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Abstract
A motor vehicle having an auxiliary stowage compartment for transporting a compact scooter. The motor vehicle having an engine compartment, a passenger compartment, a luggage compartment in addition to the auxiliary stowage compartment. The auxiliary stowage compartment is accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle, and is opened and closed by a cover that is part of the outer skin of the vehicle wherein the additional stowage compartment is configured to receive a compact scooter.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a motor vehicle;
- an individual mobility apparatus;
- and
- an auxiliary stowage compartment accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle that is adapted to receive the individual mobility apparatus, wherein the auxiliary stowage compartment includes a charging station for charging a battery of a compact scooter during travel, and wherein the charging station is configured to transmit a state of charge of the battery of the compact scooter to an instrument of the motor vehicle, and wherein the instrument indicates the state of charge of the compact scooter.
A motor vehicle and a scooter in combination, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a scooter stowage compartment provided in the vehicle body to be accessible from the outside of the motor vehicle;
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- a slide-in module configured to receive the scooter, wherein the module slides into and out of the scooter stowage compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.