UL Certificate

Topics covered in the Standard include safety case construction, risk analysis, safety-relevant aspects of the design process, testing, tool qualification, autonomy validation, data integrity, human-machine interaction (for non-drivers), and life cycle concerns, metrics, and conformance assessment. Security is addressed as a requirement, but details are currently outside the scope of the proposed Standard.

Conversely, UL 4600 does not cover performance criteria or define pass/fail criteria for safety; nor does it benchmark the road testing of prototype vehicles. The standard does not set acceptable risk levels nor set forth requirements for ethical product release decisions and any ethical aspects of product behavior.

UL 4600 remains technology-neutral, meaning that it does not mandate the use of any specific technology in creating the autonomous system, and it also permits design process flexibility. Furthermore, it covers validation of any machine learning-based functionality and other autonomy functions used in life-critical applications.

Compliance with UL 4600 permits (but does not require conformance to) other safety standards such as ISO 26262, ISO/PAS 21448, IEC 61508, MIL-STD 882, etc., as well as security standards where such conformity is demonstrated.