The automotive steering industry can address the technological challenges it faces by:
1. **Increase investment in R&D**:
    - **Funding**: Enterprises need to increase financial support in technology R&D to ensure sufficient resources for the development of new technologies and products. For example, a special R&D fund should be set up, and a certain percentage of annual revenue should be invested in R&D to support research on new steering gear structures, materials, and control algorithms.
    - **Talent input**: Attracting and cultivating high-quality technical R&D talents is the key. On the one hand, enterprises can cooperate with universities and research institutes to carry out industry-university-research projects, provide internship and research opportunities for university students, and select outstanding talents from them; on the other hand, provide training and further training opportunities for internal R&D personnel, and encourage them to continuously learn and master new technologies and knowledge.
2. **Strengthening technological innovation**:
    - **Product Innovation**:
        - **Electrification**: with the development of new energy vehicles, electric power steering (EPS) will become mainstream. Enterprises should increase R&D efforts on EPS technology to improve its performance and reliability, and reduce energy consumption and cost. For example, develop motors with higher power density and optimize the power-assist control algorithm to achieve more precise steering power adjustment.
        - **Intelligent**: Develop intelligent steering technologies, such as steering systems with automatic parking, lane keeping, adaptive cruise control and other functions. Through the integration of sensors, controllers and actuators, the steering system and other intelligent systems of the vehicle are realized to work together to improve driving safety and comfort.
        - **Lightweight**: Adopt lightweight materials and structural design to reduce the weight of the steering gear. For example, lightweight materials such as aluminum alloy and carbon fiber are used to replace traditional steel materials. At the same time, the internal structure of the steering gear is optimized to reduce the number of parts and components, so that the weight can be reduced without affecting the performance, in order to improve the fuel economy and range of the vehicle.
    - **Process Innovation**: Introducing advanced manufacturing processes and technologies, such as precision forging, laser welding, 3D printing, etc., to improve the production efficiency and quality of steering gears. For example, complex shaped parts can be quickly manufactured using 3D printing technology, shortening the product development cycle and reducing production costs.
3. **Establishment of Industry-University-Research Cooperation Mechanism**:

Enterprises should actively establish cooperative relationships with universities and scientific research institutions to jointly carry out technology research and development and personnel training. Colleges and universities and research institutions have advantages in basic theory research, cutting-edge technology exploration, while enterprises have experience in market demand grasp, engineering application, through cooperation can achieve complementary advantages. For example, enterprises can cooperate with colleges and universities to carry out scientific research projects and jointly overcome technical problems; invite experts from colleges and universities to enterprises for technical guidance and training to improve the level of enterprise technicians.
4. **Promote industry standardization**:

Actively participate in and promote industry standardization, and formulate unified technical standards and specifications. Standardization can improve product compatibility and interchangeability, reduce production costs, and also facilitate the healthy development of the industry. Enterprises should work closely with industry associations, standardization organizations and other organizations to participate in the formulation and revision of standards to ensure that they are scientific and reasonable.
5. **Strengthen international cooperation and exchange**:
    - **Technology introduction**: Cooperate with international advanced steering enterprises and introduce advanced foreign technology and experience. Through technology transfer, joint ventures and cooperation, we can rapidly improve the technical level of enterprises. For example, learn the advanced technology and management experience of foreign enterprises in the field of electric steering, intelligent steering, etc., and make localized improvements and innovations by combining with the domestic market demand.
    - **Market Expansion**: Actively expand the international market, participate in international competition, and understand the technical dynamics and demand changes in the international market. Through the cooperation with international customers, the enterprise can continuously improve the quality and technology level of its products and enhance its international competitiveness.
6. **Strengthen quality control and testing**:
    - **Establishment of a perfect quality management system**: Strictly follow the requirements of the quality management system to carry out comprehensive quality control of product design, production and inspection. Ensure that every link meets the quality standards and improve the reliability and stability of the products.
    - **Strengthen testing and validation**: establish advanced testing equipment and testing platforms to carry out strict testing and validation of steering gear performance, durability, safety and so on. For example, simulate various complex road conditions and driving scenarios to test the steering gear's response speed, steering precision, anti-interference ability, etc. to ensure that the product can meet the requirements of actual use.