Automotive Industry Insights

Testing and type approval – current and future regulations

The aforementioned need to relate individual test results to the remaining tests and results finds its expression in the “multi-pillar” approach put forward by GRVA (UNECE Working Party on Automated/Autonomous and Connected Vehicles) and the effort of the New Assessment/Test Method for Automated Driving (NATM) at the UNECE.

Thus, in the latest and in upcoming regulations, one can expect a more comprehensive set of requirements as compared to the past. At this point in time, the following items are discussed:

• Scenario catalog
• Simulation/virtual testing
• Track testing
• Real-world testing
• Audit/assessment
• In-service monitoring and reporting

Note that there are topics that can only be addressed by combinations of the above items. Some examples are:

• Trustworthiness (simulation/virtual testing + track testing + real-world testing)
• Qualification of tools (audit/assessment + testing + in-service monitoring)
• Coverage of hazardous scenarios (audit/assessment + scenario catalog)
• Sufficient exploration of unknown hazardous scenarios (real-world testing + in-service monitoring + scenario catalog)

It is these objectives that are in the focus of inspections by technical service providers.