Your Toyota pickup didn't carry 10 tons of batteries everywhere it went,
tho....
Power steering vs. power-assisted steering works VERY differently.

Prius has electric power steering, and electric compressor for air
conditioning (necessary if these accessories are to work when the engine
shuts off, which it does a lot).  Remember when cars the size of the Prius
simply did not have power steering?  My Toyota pickup, 1993 model, did not
have power steering.  Simply not equipped.  I managed it fine.  I used to
consider power steering simply another thing to break.

mcneely