What's the difference between Hydraulic & Eletronic Power steering?

Do vehicles having
electronic power steering give better Fuel Economy?
If a car has Hydraulic Power steering, could it be converted to have the Electronic one. I
see that the Maruti cars have the Electronic one. So does that mean that only certain
category cars (maybe lighter i am not sure) can have Electronic Power Steering?
O 1heorlLlcally lL ls posslble Lo modlfy a hydraullc power sLeerlng Lo elecLrlc buL slnce your prlme
concern ls fuel economy pracLlcally lL ls noL feaslble lor a mere 38 lncrease ln fuel economy
you would never wanL Lo spend a few LenLhousands would you? 1he modlflcaLlon cosL cannoL
be recovered from savlngs ln fuel bllls

1he besL ldea ls sell off your hydraullc operaLed power sLeerlng car and buy an LS one
O LS ls much beLLer Lhan PS 1he hydraullc sLeerlng sysLem ln your car slphons off somewhere
beLween one Lo Lhree mlles per gallon from your vehlcles performance and consumes more
energy Lhan your cars alr condlLloner? ln facL lLs Lhe Lhlrd hlghesL energyloss mechanlsm ln
your car followlng wlnd reslsLance and road frlcLlon
Many Lechnlques resulL ln reduced vehlcle performance replaclng your Lhree Lo flve
horsepower sLeerlng pump and lLs assoclaLed bulky hydraullcs wlLh an elecLrlc moLor ls one
enhancemenL LhaL acLually lmproves performance
|f hydrau||c |s |nfer|or to LS |s there any reason why Accord a more expens|ve car has nS system
wh||e C|v|| the cheaper of the two has LS
O lLs all abouL Lechnology my frlend 8elng expenslve Lhan Clvlc doesnL conclude LhaL Accord ls
Lechnlcally beLLer Loo Clvlc ls much beLLer a car Lhan Accord asLonlshlng lnLerlors ls one such
example

We should also conslder segmenL/class of cars belng compared Pyundal SanLro and Ponda
Accord boLh have hydraullc power sLeerlng buL are boLh Lhe cars slmllar as far as sLeerlng ls
concerned?

1he facL ls LS ls conLemporary and PS ls a Lhlng of yore no maLLer how good PS performs ln
a parLlcular car