This New Trailer Tech Backs Up Your Entire Rig Automatically With One Button

If you tow a camper or boat trailer, you know the panic. You pull into a tight campground spot, realize the angle's wrong, try to back up and reset—and the whole rig jackknifes worse. AUMOVIO debuted tech at CES 2026 that kills that problem dead. Hit one button and the Trailer Backtrack system automatically reverses your truck and trailer back along the exact same path you drove in on. No steering. No guessing. It retraces your route and puts you right back where you started.

The system was shown at CES in Las Vegas last month alongside collision warning tech designed to stop you from clipping pedestrians or smacking the trailer into the truck during tight turns. Both systems are expected to reach the market in 2027. AUMOVIO's been building trailer assist tech since 2020, but Trailer Backtrack takes it further—you don't control anything during the reversal. The system handles steering, calculates the path, and executes the whole maneuver automatically while you watch.

How Trailer Backtrack Actually Works

You pull forward into a loading ramp, campsite, or parking bay. The angle's off. Instead of manually backing up and making it worse, you activate Trailer Backtrack. The system uses existing cameras and sensors to record the path your truck and trailer took driving forward, then plays it in reverse with precision. The truck steers itself back along that exact line, correcting any drift automatically. You're not touching the wheel. The system prevents the compounding errors that happen when drivers try to correct a trailer manually, which is how most jackknifing starts.

This works for conventional ball hitches, gooseneck trailers, and fifth-wheel setups. The bigger benefit is in tight spaces—construction sites, boat ramps, RV parks with trees and power hookups inches from your rig. The tech reduces stress, cuts damage from minor collisions, and turns a nightmare maneuver into something you can execute without a spotter yelling directions you can't hear.

My Verdict

Trailer Backtrack solves a real problem. Reversing trailers stresses out experienced towers and terrifies beginners. The one-button reset is intuitive—if you screw up the approach, you get a do-over without risk. No OEM partnerships announced yet, but AUMOVIO supplies major automakers and expects this tech in production vehicles by 2027.

If you're shopping for a new truck or SUV in the next 12 to 18 months and you tow regularly, ask dealers what advanced trailer assist features are coming. Ford already offers Pro Trailer Backup Assist on F-Series and Super Duty trucks. Systems like Trailer Backtrack are the next step—less driver input, more automated precision, and fewer campground disasters. This tech is moving from concept to showroom fast, and it's going to make towing less painful for everyone.