But in the past decade of driving EPS-equipped cars, we’ve found them lacking in feel, poorly tuned, and sometimes simply weird in comparison with the hydraulic-assist setups that have benefited from more than half a century of development.
Someday every car control will be by-wire today’s EPS looks like a step in that direction. Replacing hydraulic assist with a computer-controlled electric motor seemed like a reasonable idea when it first surfaced.
Electronic stability and traction aids are wonderful except when there’s no way to disable them.Įlectrically assisted power steering (EPS) is the latest technological cross we bear. Stout body structures guard us from peril in a crash but are so heavy and hard to see out of that we’re more liable to bump into hazards easily avoided by truly wieldy cars. Modern engines that impress us with power and efficiency are being decoupled from the manual transmissions that help them sing. Technology is a fickle friend, nudging us forward with one hand while charging exorbitant tolls with the other.
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