GM has filed a patent application for a cable-free pickup truck tailgate, allowing for greater flexibility and enhanced ...

A cableless tailgate will ease loading and unloading by allowing truck owners to approach the truck from the side, but as with many other American innovations, the strengthened hinge will have to ...

According to the document describing the tailgate, the hinge is reinforced to support the weight of the lowered tailgate and any load it might bear, such as a person climbing into the bed.