Our High Output Electric Power Steering (HO EPS) allows heavier vehicles to take advantage of EPS’s advanced safety, comfort and fuel economy benefits without compromising the vehicle brand’s steering feel.
HO EPS is designed to handle the higher front-axle loads common in heavy EVs, while also optimizing packaging space for added flexibility.
HO EPS may also open a new conversion wave of hydraulic-to-electric power steering for heavy-duty trucks and medium-duty commercial vehicles. Driver benefits include improved fuel economy, EPS-enabled safety features such as lane keeping, wind compensation, park assist and more.
HO EPS Configurations
Nexteer offers a complete, High Output EPS Suite including HO versions of Column-Assist EPS, Single Pinion-Assist EPS, Dual Pinion-Assist EPS and Rack-Assist EPS.
HO Column-Assist EPS (CEPS):Nexteer’s “standard” CEPS already supports higher-than-average steering loads, delivering 40–95 Nm of assist. With High-Output CEPS, this further expands steering assist capacity up to 110 Nm, making it a cost-effective alternative for heavier vehicles. By delivering increased torque and load-handling capabilities, HO CEPS enables these vehicles to maintain steering precision, battery/fuel efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
HO Dual Pinion-Assist EPS (DPEPS) & Single Pinion-Assist EPS (SPEPS): Increase the steering capability to 15 kilonewtons (kN) for DPEPS and up to 13.5kN for SPEPS. These high-output solutions benefit OEM customers by enabling them to steer heavier EV loads in B through D segment vehicles without the need to move up to more premium EPS technologies that are traditionally employed for larger segment vehicles.
HO Rack-Assist EPS (REPS): Nearly doubles the steering load capability of our industry-leading REPS – steering up to 30kN of load compared with 10-17kN for a typical REPS system. This system is capable of steering electric variations of heavy vehicles such as full-size pick-up trucks, people movers and light-commercial vehicles (LCVs) like delivery vans.
