Boating Industry Canada
A company in Sweden called Semcon, asked the public for examples of products that were lacking women’s perspectives. They received over 500 suggestions and many people mentioned how connecting their car to a trailer is complicated and makes them feel insecure when towing trailers. According to a survey by Inizio/Semcon, 50% of people prefer not to use a trailer at all, with 70% of them being women. In response, an all-women team developed the smart, user-friendly towing concept, known as Automatic Trailer Connection (ATC).
Read the article originally published here.
How the ATC concept works:
When the car and trailer are about two metres apart, the car’s camera sensor can identify the trailer and connection begins. The driver presses “Auto Attach” on the in-car display and the car reverses autonomously towards the trailer. The car and trailer are both connected to the cloud, which allows them to communicate and position themselves correctly. Instead of a tow-bar, there’s a socket in the car’s bumper that secures and powers the trailer. No more cables are needed. It’s just like plugging in an ordinary device, and the connection is made autonomously by the car itself.