US Patent 10011232 Integrated running board and side skirt system and related method

An integrated running board and side skirt system is provided for a motor vehicle. That system includes a combined running board and side skirt and a control module. The control module includes a controller configured to displace the combined running board and side skirt between a stowed position, a running board position and an aero-skirt position depending up on a number of data inputs. A related method is also disclosed.