PALO
ALTO, Calif., April 24,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Hesai Technology
announces it has obtained ISO 26262 ASIL B - Performance Level D
Functional Safety Standard for the short-range lidar QT128, which
is designed for blind spot coverage on autonomous taxis, trucks,
and industrial applications.
Xiang Shaoqing, CTO of Hesai Technology, said: "QT128 received
the certification for its functional safety and reliability. This
certification is significant for the autonomous driving system to
achieve higher-level functions, pass higher level safety standards,
and accelerate mass production. As a global leader in the lidar
industry, Hesai will continue improving our products, establishing
higher standard for safety system, and providing safe and reliable
services for OEMs."
Lu Binsi, Director of the SGS Automotive Services Department,
said: "Lidar has become an indispensable environmental perception
sensor for its advantages such as the accurate acquisition of the
target's 3D information, high resolution, strong
interference-rejection ability, long detection range, and nearly
all-weather operation. Enterprises can continuously improve their
core product advantage through technological innovation and lidar
upgrades. In the future, SGS will continue to help autonomous
driving, new energy, and automotive chip enterprises to establish
development processes that align with international standards,
providing drivers and passengers with a safer riding
experience."
As a leader in the global lidar market, Hesai has continued to
invest and improve product system security capabilities. Obtaining
this certificate means that Hesai has a high-quality product
development process system and can provide safer and more reliable
automotive-grade lidar products for the world's top automakers. It
also means that Pandar128 and QT128, automotive-grade lidar
solutions for the L4 market, can support vehicles to meet the
relevant requirements of ASIL D, the highest functional safety
level for autonomous driving.
As the "eyes" of a smart car, lidar is the first link in the
intelligent driving system, affecting both decision-making and
execution of the system. No matter how sophisticated the electronic
components are, there are always certain risks of failure.
Functional safety can identify and assess safety risks through its
complete system. During design, production, after-sales and other
stages, functional safety can reduce safety risks potentially
caused by abnormal electronic components to an extremely low and
controllable range.
Lidar certified by functional safety can detect potential risks
in electrical/electronic systems, sending an alarm to the
intelligent driving system and initiating protection. For example,
it can correct the device, provide mitigation measures, or exit
autonomous/assisted driving states to minimize damage.
ISO 26262 is recognized as the world's most authoritative
automotive functional safety standard. It covers the entire product
life cycle, including functional safety management, concept phase,
system phase, hardware development, software development,
production operation, support process, safety analysis, and other
stages.
On March 15, 2023, Hesai received
the digital certificate and the audit report from SGS in
Germany. Hesai started
preparations for this certification at the beginning of 2022.
Following the ISO 26262 standard for product development and
design, Hesai's R&D team conducted comprehensive safety
analysis of every internal module, forming thousands of failure
analysis reports. Dozens of safety mechanisms were designed and
verified by fault injection tests. After countless iterations over
a year, QT128 finally met the requirements of ISO 26262 ASIL
B.
Quality and Safety: Necessities for Automotive-Grade
Products
Because of its ability to accurately perceive 3D space, lidar
can empower automakers to create a safer and more comfortable ADAS
driving experience. Building a complete lidar product safety system
is the prerequisite for the mass production of automotive-grade
products, which requires a comprehensive understanding of the
entire product development process, and series of
verifications.
Among the safety requirements related to automotive electronic
and electrical components, functional safety, safety of the
intended function (SOTIF), and cybersecurity are often
indispensable. It is necessary to systematically build multiple
security systems in the early stages of lidar product development.
Integrating the three security systems is far more difficult than
succeeding in just one of them.
As an emerging automotive component, lidar has just began to be
applied on a large scale last year, and only a few lidar
manufacturers have achieved mass production and delivery. Regarding
functional safety, most lidar manufacturers have not put it into
practice. For a complex and sophisticated electronic system like
lidar, enterprises need to invest a lot of resources into analysis,
which in turn increases the cost of functional safety research.
As a leader in the global lidar market, Hesai already took
action a few years ago, and has obtained a series of international
authoritative certifications in quality systems, functional safety,
information security, and software quality:
- April 2020, Hesai obtained the
ISO 9001 certification for the Quality Management System
- March 2021, Hesai obtained the
IATF16949 certification for the Automotive Quality Management
System
- September 2021, Hesai's Pandar128
obtained ISO 26262 ASIL B Functional Safety Certification
- May 2022, Hesai obtained ISO/IEC
27001 certification for Information Security Management System
- December 2022, Hesai obtained
ASPICE Level 2 certification for Automotive Software Process
Improvement and Capacity Determination
- February 2023, Hesai was
certified by TISAX (Trusted Information Security Assessment
Exchange) with the highest protection level AL3
Hesai Leads the Industry in Lidar Standard Researching and
Drafting Efforts
Besides quality and safety, Hesai has long been a leader in
promoting the implementation of relevant industry standards.
Hesai's experts lead the ISO Automotive Lidar Working Group and
initiated the pre-research work on the ISO/PWI 13228 Test Method
for Automotive Lidar standards. Hesai created the UL4700
proposal in February 2020 and
incorporated it into the American National Standards. Hesai has
also participated in the discussion, update, and formulation of the
IEC 60825 Optical Radiation Safety Standards with
authoritative organizations including Bosch and Apple.
As of December 31, 2022, Hesai has
delivered over 100,000 lidars, becoming the world's first lidar
company to reach this milestone. While promoting product iteration
and production capacity, Hesai will continue to strengthen its
security system as the backbone of lidar mass production and
delivery.
About SGS
SGS is an internationally recognized testing, inspection, and
certification body, the benchmark for quality and integrity. SGS
Global Automotive Safety Technology Center can provide one-stop
solutions for OEMs and parts suppliers. Its main business includes
vehicles, automotive-grade chips, functional safety of
semiconductors, ASPICE, SOTIF, and information security. It
provides technical training, consulting, technical services, audit
certification, and other services. Martin
Schmidt, head of the Global Technology Center, is one of the
initiators and drafters of ISO 26262. SGS has more than 80
automotive functional safety experts and has issued more than 780
ISO 26262 functional safety and information security certification
certificates to global customers.
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