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(43) Date of publication: 07.08.2024 Bulletin 2024/32 (21) Application number: 21802686.2 (22) Date of filing: 01.11.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60G 3/20(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): B60G 3/20; B60G 2300/50; Y02T 10/70; Y02T 10/7072 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2021/080272 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/072414 (04.05.2023 Gazette 2023/18)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (71) Applicant: Lotus Tech Innovation Centre GmbH 65479 Raunheim (DE)	(72) Inventor: CIMATTI, Franco 41026 Pavullo nel Frignano (MO) (IT) (74) Representative: Fuchs Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB  Tower 185 Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 35-37 60327 Frankfurt am Main 60327 Frankfurt am Main (DE)