In the US manufacturers self certify. If they break the rules then they get fined and open themselves up for liability.
Fun trivia... Number one issue that manufacturers has taken fines and recalls on for the past few years? The Backup cameras and screens. Typically not starting up fast enough or otherwise not participating in the driving task as a safety system.
I'm sure Ineos outsourced this to a software house and asked for liability. This is what typically adds time, mostly with lawyers and testing. Probably not with the actual engineers implementing the change. You'd be surprised how much more worried the European manufacturing base and oems are about handling liability than on the US side where the car maker assumes they will own it and tests implementations with that assumption and knowledge of what the actual financial exposure may be.
Safety and regulated technology is a part of the industry I've worked in (not in automotive anymore).
Fun trivia... Number one issue that manufacturers has taken fines and recalls on for the past few years? The Backup cameras and screens. Typically not starting up fast enough or otherwise not participating in the driving task as a safety system.
I'm sure Ineos outsourced this to a software house and asked for liability. This is what typically adds time, mostly with lawyers and testing. Probably not with the actual engineers implementing the change. You'd be surprised how much more worried the European manufacturing base and oems are about handling liability than on the US side where the car maker assumes they will own it and tests implementations with that assumption and knowledge of what the actual financial exposure may be.
Safety and regulated technology is a part of the industry I've worked in (not in automotive anymore).
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