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TRW Automotive Making Steering Wheel Fold

A manufacturer of automotive components, TRW Automotive is to develop the steering wheel for use in the driver’s fat or old. As components of the steering wheel can be folded and glued, the touch of a button on the dashboard.

TRW development manager, said Manuel Poyant that technology can help the driver of the car. Especially in the small city car that has a tight cabin size.

The company is also expected when the wheel is elderly, obese pregnant women and people with special needs (wheelchair or prosthesis) do not have to bend down or have the fear, take care to leave the car.

With a storage capacity of the electric chair, the steering wheel automatically returns to its normal position by the machine.

According to TRW, there were several companies in the automotive industry, the interest in using these technologies. However, these new systems are mass produced in the next five years.

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