Manufacturers are taking advantage of electric cars as an advanced technological showcase to win over customers. A trend that will continue as the transition to zero emissions is completed. A clear example is the new electronic address that the Volkswagen ID.3 is testing.
Technology is taking over electric cars. Manufacturers know that they are key to the true future, since traditional combustion and hybrids, in any of their forms, have their days numbered. Without diminishing their capacities, the truth is that brands are already paving the way for 2035 implementing more advanced technological solutions in electricity.
One of these great innovations that we will see in the coming years is a new electronic address that the experts at ZFa «Steer-by-Wire» system that eliminates the mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the front wheels, sending orders directly through electrical signals. An important advance that also has its sights set in more advanced levels of autonomous driving, 3 and 4and that is being tested in one of the most important electric cars on the market, the Volkswagen ID.3.
ZF electronic steering will debut on an electric from a non-European brand
For now, it is a experimental prototypeof which ZF has explained that the driver does not perceive special sensations due to the fact that it is an electronic system instead of a mechanical one, since they say that reactions occur with the same precision and sensitivity as a conventional steering systemunder any circumstances in traffic or on the road surface.
ZF’s new technology is not exclusive to Volkswagen, but is about a system that can be adapted to the requirements of any manufacturer. Along these lines, company officials have already confirmed that they have a large order for this system. And no, it is not Volkswagen, it is only known that It is not European, so the pools point to the Asian giant. In the technical line, the steering angle can be reduced to facilitate maneuvers, increasing driver protection by eliminating the steering column that imprisons the driver causing serious injuries in an accident.
ZF has explained that the new electronic address has a sophisticated fail-safe system, equipped with a second electric motor in the event that the main one fails, also adding another power circuit. In addition, the equipment has a special control unit that allows a wireless update of control softwarewhich allows sensors and actuators to be updated permanently and without the need to go to official services.