2016 Ford F-150 Adds Fuss-Free Auto-Steering For Trailer Backup - The Car Connection
The trouble, of course, is that you don’t always turn the steering wheel the same direction to get your intended outcome, in terms of which direction the trailer goes. Now Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] has revealed a new feature, called Pro Trailer Backup Assist, that makes its debut in the 2016 Ford F-150 and could not just make the task easier but help you save face when family, friends, or coworkers are... With the new feature, you simply rotate the knob counterclockwise to have the trailer go to the left, or turn it clockwise to bring the trailer to the right—with the system taking over steering of the vehicle—all while you modulate the steering... The system has the smarts to figure out angles between vehicle and trailer and work out which you should do. It may, for instance, limit vehicle speed to get the best results for what’s ordered up through the knob. In short, it lets the driver steer the trailer through the knob, while the system does whatever it needs to do with the vehicle to produce that result. Ford claims that it can even be of help for experienced trailer-towers. It works through inputs from cameras, in a system that Ford says has been nearly a decade in the making. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
