In today’s world, it’s the fight against high emissions, engine downsizing, and electric vehicles (EVs). Elsewhere, it’s the ...

Seeing as many vehicles switched from hydraulic power steering to electric power steering by the mid-2000s, fewer and fewer cars have power-steering fluid anymore. (Only the hydraulic systems use ...

No technological advance is without drawbacks, which is also true for vehicles. Modern engines give us better gas mileage and efficiency, but without the charm or control of a manual transmission.

Then again, it takes a lot of power, and EPS systems can feel weak if the car’s other electrical systems pull a lot of wattage. Hydroelectric steering is a hybrid system that uses hydraulic fluid, but ...

The power-steering pump pressurizes the hydraulic fluid that helps the driver turn ... a small percentage of cars use an electric pump and many new vehicles now have electric power assist.

At its most basic, power steering is a system ... economy by a few percent, as the electric motor only draws power when needed; it eliminates the hydraulic fluid maintenance mentioned above ...

If you buy a car today, it will likely have a major difference in the power steering than cars from 10 or even just 5 years ago: The steering system will rely on an electric motor instead of a ...

When the driver turns the steering wheel, it opens up the flow or pressurized fluid in such a way that it helps in turning the wheels one-way or the other. What is Electric Power Steering?

A traditional hydraulic power steering system uses an engine-driven pump for the hydraulic fluid; McLaren uses what's called an electrohydraulic setup, which uses an electric motor to drive that pump.

In most cases, that's either an electric motor or pressure created by hydraulic power steering fluid. Next, both hydraulic and electric rack and pinion systems rely on a steering shaft.