Gold Trailers - 7 Naweena Road, Regency Park, South Australia - 0456 040 888



Self Driving Trailer

WE HAD LOTS OF INTEREST IN OUR NEW TRAILER RELEASED AS OUR APRIL FOOLS DAY JOKE 2022

GOLD TRAILERS IS PROUD TO RELEASE AUSTRALIA'S FIRST SELF DRIVING TRAILER

WHAT IS A SELF DRIVING TRAILER?

A self driving trailer automatically follows your car without being attached to your car. It has no draw bar!

HOW DOES IT WORK?

The trailer has an electric motor drive system installed. The drive system is controlled by a sophisticated tracking system consisting of a lidar, radar, sonar and 5G system that allows the trailer to follow your car. It identifies your car by tracking the signal from your mobile phone.

The trailer maintains a distance of 1.5m from the back of your car at all times.

Photoelectric sensors monitor your cars rear lights and power the trailer lights to match. This eliminates the need for any trailer plug on your tow vehicle.

Steering is achieved by utilising the 2 electric motors. Much like a tank when the left side motor slows slightly the trailer turns left and when the right side motor slows it turns right.

The trailer is fitted with a full regenerative braking system that recharges the batteries every time you slow down.

Electric Drive Unit

ADVANTAGES

Even when the trailer is fully laden the fuel consumption of your car remains unaffected. Your car engine is not doing any of the towing work. The trailer drive unit takes over this task. This is a particular advantage if you are towing with an electric vehicle (EV). Your EV's range is not altered by towing, where towing a conventional trailer would significantly reduce the range of your vehicle.

The weight that you can tow is not dependant on the tow rating of the tow vehicle. This means that you can tow a 2 Tonne ATM trailer with a small car that may only be rated to tow a conventional 750kg ATM trailer. This means that the cost of the tow vehicle can be a lot less and no tow bar is needed.

When you are not using your trailer you can plug it into your home solar and use its battery system to power your home.

REVERSING

Reversing is a thing of the past with a Self Driving Trailer. There is no need to 'back' your trailer from inside your car. You can now manoeuvre your trailer while standing next to it by simply putting it in 'park' mode and using the provided phone app. The phone app allows you to remotely move the trailer in any direction.

Phone App

 

AVAILABILITY

We have a very limited number available. Orders must be placed on this April Fools Day.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR SELF DRIVING TRAILERS?

For stability reasons the current model is a tandem trailer with four wheels. Ideally a single axle, two wheeled, model will be developed with balance achieved from a gyroscope, similar to how a Segway works.

Beyond this we are hopeful that one day we can eliminate the tow vehicle all together and have the trailer completely drive itself and take with it a load/unload robot.