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Article: Electric power steering is grabbing the wheel.(News)(TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.)
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- Automotive News
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- March 17, 2008
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Byline: Tony Lewin
Electric power steering is pushing hydraulic steering-assist systems off the road.
As the technology of electric systems improves and automakers recognize its potential to help them reach carbon dioxide emission targets, energy-hungry hydraulic power steering is fading.
Steering system supplier TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. predicts that within a decade, all European cars will have some form of electric power steering, with only a few using compromise electrohydraulic versions.
In Europe, fully electric power steering holds a 35 percent share, according to the consulting firm CSM Worldwide in London. That's slightly ...