We spoke about Nexteer’s electric power steering ideas, and now Nexteer is looking to apply them to full size trucks in the next three years, though most drivers won’t even be able to tell the difference. The electric power steering can boost a vehicle’s fuel economy by up to 4%, which comes from removing losses that traditional power steering systems can have.

The automobile transport industry is looking forward to this news – it could mean that those power steering systems could be installed in auto transport trucks in the next few years as well. By 2012, Nexteer expects to build electric power steering assemblies for 1.4 million vehicles and the company is only expecting more growth in the immediate future.