SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING ONE OR MORE COUPLING SENSORS ON AN AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC-POWERED TRAILER

A trailer comprises a trailer chassis, a trailer enclosure supported by the trailer chassis, a trailer hitching assembly coupled to the trailer chassis. The trailer hitching assembly comprises a trailer coupler, and a tethering sensor configured to sense in a direction toward a tethering nexus of a tow vehicle. The trailer further comprises a processing unit that uses sensing data sensed by the tethering sensor to autonomously control a physical tethering of the trailer coupler to the tethering nexus of the tow vehicle.