Abstract: A steer by wire system includes at least a steering wheel actuator for operating steering wheel and steering column. The steering wheel actuates the steering wheel actuator by way of a brushless DC motor. The steering wheel actuator adjusts the steering column in a tilt direction by way of a first brushed DC motor and in a telescopic direction by way of a second brushed DC motor. The first brushed DC motor and the second brushed DC motor are configured to operate via two separate H bridges having a shared arm of switches. The brushless DC motor is configured to operate with two three-phase H bridges of which one three-phase H bridge is the network of switches of the first brushed DC motor and the second brushed DC motor.