The hydraulic power-steering system--the norm on almost every passenger car and truck being built these days--appears destined to go the way of the solid rubber tire. Several major suppliers of ...

For last week's column about the brilliant Alpine A110, I spoke with the car's chief engineer, David Twohig, and the subject of steering came up (as it often does among enthusiasts). The A110 has ...

The debate between the merits of hydraulic and electric power steering is set to continue for years to come. Using electric assist in a sports car isn't a bad thing if it's tuned well, but there's no ...

BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng (9868.HK), opens new tab will recall 47,490 P7+ electric sedans from Sept. 15 due to a potential steering assist failure, the Chinese ...

Steering hasn’t been considered a chore since “Armstrong” steering went the way of the Caterpillar truck engine. Before hydraulic power steering became commonplace in the 1980s, drivers had to plant ...

ZF first unveiled its ReAx steering assist system back in 2015. ReAx is simply an electric motor built onto an existing hydraulic power steering pump. Originally it was marketed as something that ...

WASHINGTON — First it was gas pedals, then brakes. Now Toyota and the government are looking into complaints that the popular Corolla is difficult to steer straight, raising a new safety concern ahead ...

The conventional wisdom among car enthusiasts is that hydraulic power steering is good, and the electric-assist power-steering systems that have replaced it in most new cars are bad. Engineering ...

Traditionally, CEPS is used to steer smaller vehicles like compact cars, sedans, small SUVs and entry-level EVs. Nexteer's "standard" CEPS already supports higher-than-average steering loads, ...