摘要: |
At the recent IAA Transportation exhibition in Hanover (see pp22-30) there was much interest in the ZF stand. There, the manufacturer unveiled its advanced electric power steering (EPS) system for trucks, coaches and city buses (pictured above, inset). EPS provides a cornerstone technology for the commercial vehicle industry's transformation towards electrification, according to ZF. Building on the group's extensive passenger car experience, the EPS is suitable for a broad range of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as well as coaches and city buses. It also provides a building block for the next-generation advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which supports the commercial vehicle industry's ambitions towards eventually moving towards autonomous driving. One key difference of ZF's system to more traditional models of power steering is that it replaces the hydraulic pump with an integrated e-motor, which makes the steering system independent of the vehicle's drivetrain and removes the need for hydraulic fluid and the pump to pressurise it. |