Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Livonia-based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW) Thursday announced further growth for its Electrically Assisted Steering systems that help save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In ...

Pickup trucks are rapidly changing to become more fuel efficient. But it’s not just new powertrains and aerodynamics that are pushing the limits of frugality. Even the way you steer your truck is ...

What’s it like to drive a pickup with electric power steering? We drove an EPS-equipped Chevy Silverado at Nexteer headquarters in Saginaw, Mich., and we found that, despite the huge technological ...

Because it's gradually replacing traditional hydraulic steering, electric power steering (EPS) is likely to become mainstream within the automotive industry in the near future. EPS assists in the ...

It may be hard to improve the fuel economy of a large, full-size pickup, but the Detroit automakers are reportedly close to applying one trick designed to reduce fuel consumption: electric power ...

Q:While reading the article in your March/April issue, it speaks of the 2014 Sierra and Silverado pickups having electric power steering. Just what is this and how does it work without a hydraulic ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

People nowadays are so used to power steering that they would probably have a hard time parking and making certain maneuvers without it. The first vehicles didn't have it and some former communist ...