EMC Regulation of Automotive Systems

Abstract

This chapter can be considered a “good news / bad news” chapter! The good news is that for the most part, automotive systems are not directly regulated by governmental legislation, unlike most other consumer electronic devices. The bad news is that the industry (especially in the United States) has a responsibility to “self-police” itself in order to maintain it’s relatively regulation-free status! Even in those countries that governmental regulations do apply, this is the exception rather than the rule and typically the regulations are at a value that if only met, would be at a severe customer dissatisfaction.