THE STEER-BY-WIRE REVOLUTION–IT’S COMING TO A ROAD NEAR YOU SOON

HELPING to steer the SBW revolution at ZF is Chassis Engineering vice president Bal Panaser, who leads the team at the firm’s UK R&D centre. With his finger on the pulse of global product trends, he’s well placed for a view on how soon the tech will go mainstream. “You’ll see family passenger vehicles with steer-by-wire in China next year,” he predicts. “In Europe, maybe at some point towards the end of 2025, but I think the take-up will be on a niche basis due to the conservative nature of European OEMs. In China, things will ramp up significantly in ’26 and ’27.” However, he reckons developments at ‘China speed’, not least from start-ups with no heritage of using anything but SBW, could affect the pace of roll-out here. “If…

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