Auto components maker Sona Koyo Steering Systems (SKSS) plans to launch next fiscal the power steering technology for small tractors in the domestic market.
“We have developed an electronic power steering for agriculture tractor application. The technology has been extensively tested in India and it will be launched in the next fiscal,” SKSS Executive Chairman Kiran Deshmukh told PTI.
The company is already exporting power steering technology called Electronic Power Assisted Module (EPAM), developed for off-road vehicles four years back, to the US market. The same technology is being adopted for small tractors in India, he said.
At present, power steering is available in big tractors alone and it cannot be fit into small tractors due to lower engine capacity and space constrain, he said.