Autochair
Born from one man’s desire for greater independence, Autochair is a leading manufacturer of vehicle adaptation products.
Featured Products
From the No.1 best selling boot hoist in the UK to a unique person lift solution, Autochair makes car travel easy and accessible to all.
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Boot Hoists
Car boot hoists will lift your scooter, wheelchair or powerchair and load it into the boot of your car. All at the touch of a button. -
Person Hoists
Whether you want to get behind the wheel as a driver or travel as a passenger, our person hoists are the ideal solution for seating wheelchair users in a standard vehicle. -
Smart Scooter Seat
Make your scooter easier to transport, load into vehicles, and store with our lightweight and easily removable mobility scooter seat. -
Manual Transfer Plates
A manual transfer plate simply slots into place to provide a static, temporary platform on the outer edge of the seat on which to pause and pivot from a wheelchair.
Mobility in Motion Are The Exclusive UK Distributor For Autochair
We’re proud to be the sole UK distributor of Autochair limited, a world-leading designer and manufacturer of vehicle adaptations products.
Autochair belongs as part of the ABC Mobility Group, which launched Mobility in Motion back in April 2023 to reimagine the driving experience for all individuals and foster inclusivity on every road.
Key Features of Autochair
Autochair prides itself on innovation and technological advancements to develop a world-class range of adaptations.
This Includes the number 1 best selling boot hoist in the UK as well as one of the most powerful hoists on the market, capable of lifting up to 200 kgs. Which is why their boot hoists are considered the premier on the market for their quality, reliability, advanced engineering and ease of use.
This advanced engineering is also replicated within their Smart Transfer range as the Autochair person hoist is the largest weight capacity of any vehicle-based person hoist on the market, suitable for users up to 150 kg.
Have used my boot hoist over 100 times and it is a life saver for me. Works perfectly every time, is precise in positioning and takes only a couple of minutes from parking up to zooming off on my scooter.
Neil Dryden – Mobility in Motion Customer
Judith King
“I love driving. It’s so freeing, but I kind of knew it in the back of my head, subconsciously, that…
Mr Rozanski and his son
“We’ve been visiting Alex’s grandparents in Poland over the summer holidays, which is the main reason for getting the Milford…
Dave Phillips
“I’ve adapted my vehicle with this hoist which enables me to get around and just have a normal life. I…
Brand History
Born from one man’s desire for greater independence, Autochair is a leading manufacturer of vehicle adaptations. Following an accident in 1975 which paralysed David Walker, he wanted to find a solution that enabled him to get to and from work independently without relying on someone else to load and unload his wheelchair from his car.
With nothing suitable on the UK market at the time, David decided to invent his own solution which hoisted his wheelchair into a box on the roof of his car. Then in 1983, David was able to put his idea into production to help other people in a similar situation.
Over the years as technology advanced, the Smart Lifter boot hoist was developed. This used a hoist mechanism to lift mobility scooters and wheelchairs into the boot of a car, allowing Autochair to help even more people.
Now, with all three sons on board, Autochair operates from a multi-million factory in the heart of the East Midlands, has designed and developed a range of quality adaptations and exports to over 30 countries across the globe.
Autochair Product Range
Proudly designed and built in Britain, their products have been making a difference to the lives of tens of thousands of people for over 40 years.
The Smart Lifter range includes a boot hoist solution to make easy work of loading and unloading a wheelchair, mobility scooter or powerchair from your car boot. They feature a new handset and electronics to ensure they are ready for the future of EV and hybrid vehicles.
The Smart Transfer range offers specialised accessibility adaptations including the Milford Person Lift and the Autochair Transfer Plate, for drivers and passengers with reduced mobility, to aid their transfer from a mobility device, or even from standing.
Each product is bespoke for your specific car as there are currently over 600 vehicle specific kits! New fitting kits are developed regularly for the most popular new vehicles including EVs & Hybrids.
Autochair also offers the Autochair Smart Scooter Seat which is a mobility device adaptation, to make your mobility scooter easier to load, stow, transport and store in your vehicle.
Product Safety & Quality Standards
All Autochair products undergo rigorous operational life-cycle and stress testing from their in-house development and engineering test team. This includes conducting laboratory strength, durability, kinematic and environmental testing to ensure the products work in the most demanding applications and to ensure great performance of the products’ lifetime.
Further to this, their business quality standard is ISO 9001 and each product meets all regulatory and ISO standard tests required of them.
Need to speak to one of our team
If you’re still unsure about which of our products is right for you, just get in touch with our friendly team of mobility experts.