Vehicle life cycle

From design to disposal

Transport operations

Driving and delivering

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Raw materials

Extraction and processing

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Production

Design, manufacture and assembly

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Maintenance

Servicing, repair and software updates

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End of life

Repurposing, recycling and disposal

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Raw materials

Extraction and processing

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Production

Design, manufacture and assembly

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Maintenance

Servicing, repair and software updates

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End of life

Repurposing, recycling and disposal

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Off-highway vehicles

Agriculture, construction and other OHVs

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Automated vehicles

Automation and remote operation

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Navigation and communication

Vehicle communication and updates

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Transport operators

Transport services for passengers

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Electric vehicle charging

Speed, safety, accessibility

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Logistics and fleet operations

Distribution and delivery

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Off-highway vehicles

Agriculture, construction and other OHVs

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Automated vehicles

Automation and remote operation

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Navigation and communication

Vehicle communication and updates

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Transport operators

Transport services for passengers

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Electric vehicle charging

Speed, safety, accessibility

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Logistics and fleet operations

Distribution and delivery

Raw materials

Extraction and processing

Embedding quality and safety

  • Protect workers from occupational hazards with ISO 45001, the standard for health and safety management.
  • Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of extraction processes with ISO 9001, the essential standard for quality management.
  • Assure the quality of materials and production parts for vehicles with IATF 16949, the automotive quality management standard.

Instilling information security

  • Protect sensitive data about materials and suppliers with ISO 27001, the standard for information security management.

Ensuring sustainability

  • Reduce the risk of pollution and environmental impacts during extraction and processing with ISO 14001, the standard for environmental management.
  • Demonstrate an ethical supply chain and reduce the risk of unintended modern slavery with BSI’s supply chain solutions.

Production

Design, manufacture and assembly

Embedding quality and safety

  • Continually improve your design, development, production and installation processes, and meet customer-specific requirements, with IATF 16949, the automotive quality management standard.
  • Embed functional safety into vehicles with ISO 21448, the standard for safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF).
  • Protect workers from production hazards with ISO 45001, the standard for health and safety management.

Instilling information security

  • Protect the details of designs, prototypes, parts and processes with ISO 27001 and TISAX, the standards for information security management.
  • Meet the requirements of UNECE Regulation 155 and boost automotive cybersecurity with ISO 21434, the standard for the cybersecurity engineering of road vehicles.

Ensuring sustainability

Maintenance

Servicing, repair and software updates

Embedding quality and safety

  • Enable effective maintenance processes with ISO 9001, the essential quality management standard.
  • Ensure the continued safety of drivers and road users with BS 10125, the specification for vehicle damage repair processes.
  • Protect staff from workshop hazards with ISO 45001, the standard for health and safety management.

Instilling information security

  • Protect technical, process and commercial data with ISO 27001 and TISAX, the standard for information security management.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27701, the standard for protecting personally identifiable information (PII).

Ensuring sustainability

  • Reduce waste and extend the lifetime of parts with BS 8887-220, the standard for remanufacturing.
  • Reduce the impacts of maintenance activities with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, the standards for reducing impacts and energy waste.

End of life

Repurposing, recycling and disposal

Embedding quality and safety

  • Protect workers from potential hazards during breaking and recycling with ISO 45001, the standard for health and safety management.

Instilling information security

  • Keep your sensitive data safe during decommissioning with ISO 27001, the standard for information security.
  • Protect the privacy of previous owners and users during decommissioning with ISO 27701, the standard for protecting personally identifiable information (PII).

Ensuring sustainability

  • Plan ahead for disassembly and end-of-life processing with BS 8887, the standard for remanufacturing.
  • Integrate the principles of the circular economy from design to end-of-life with BS 8001, the world’s first circular economy standard.

Off-highway vehicles

Agriculture, construction and other OHVs

Embedding quality and safety

  • Accelerate the safe, secure deployment of automated OHVs with BSI’s CAV program in collaboration with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
  • Support the welfare of safety-critical remote operators with ISO 45003 for their psychological health and safety.

Instilling information security

  • Protect critical data feeds, digital twins, systems and controls from breaches with ISO 27001 as a first line of defence for information security.
  • Boost automotive cybersecurity from design through to decommissioning with ISO 21434, the standard for the cybersecurity engineering of vehicles.

Ensuring sustainability

Automated vehicles

Automation and remote operation

Embedding quality and safety

  • Accelerate the safe, secure deployment of CAVs with BSI’s CAV program in collaboration with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
  • Ensure safety-critical remote operators are supported with ISO 45003 for their psychological health and safety.
  • Embed safety into automated vehicles with ISO 21448, the standard for safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF).

Instilling information security

  • Meet the requirements of UNECE Regulation 155 and boost automotive cybersecurity with ISO 21434, the standard for cybersecurity engineering of road vehicles.
  • Protect critical data feeds, digital twins, systems and controls from breaches with ISO 27001, the first line of defence for information security.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27017 and ISO 27018, the standards for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud.

Ensuring sustainability

  • Ensure batteries and EV charging infrastructure meet the needs of electric and hybrid vehicles with BSI’s renewable-energy testing services.

Navigation and communication

Vehicle communication and updates

Embedding quality and safety

  • Embed core processes to enable the effective operation of communication systems with ISO 9001, the essential quality management standard.
  • Deliver seamless service management with ISO 20000-1, the standard for ICT service providers.

Instilling information security

  • Protect critical data feeds, digital twins, operating systems and controls from breaches with ISO 27001 as a first line of defence for information security.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27017 and ISO 27018, the standards for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud.
  • Prove the security of software and resilience of digital applications with BSI’s testing services.

Ensuring sustainability

Transport operators

Transport services for passengers

Embedding quality and safety

  • Support the welfare of long-distance drivers and safety-critical remote operators with ISO 45003 for their psychological health and safety.
  • Accelerate safe, secure deployment of automated passenger vehicles with BSI’s CAV program in collaboration with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
  • Embed safety into automated vehicles with ISO 21448, the standard for safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF).

Instilling information security

  • Meet the requirements of UNECE Regulation 155 and boost automotive cybersecurity with ISO 21434, the standard for cybersecurity engineering of road vehicles.
  • Protect critical data feeds, digital twins, operating systems and controls from breaches with ISO 27001 as a first line of defence for information security.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27017 and ISO 27018, the standards for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud.

Ensuring sustainability

Electric vehicle charging

Speed, safety, accessibility

Embedding quality and safety

  • Power confidence in electric and hybrid vehicle charging with BSI’s EV charging certification.
  • Ensure battery safety with PAS 7062, the code of practice for electric vehicle battery cells, which addresses health and safety, environmental and quality management considerations.
  • Design and install more inclusive electric vehicle charge points with PAS 1899, the specification for accessible charging.

Instilling information security

  • Protect EV charger data feeds and controls from breaches with ISO 27001, the first line of defence for information security.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27017 and ISO 27018, the standards for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud.

Ensuring sustainability

  • Ensure batteries and EV charging infrastructure meet the needs of electric and hybrid vehicles with BSI’s renewable-energy testing services.
  • Reduce the environmental impacts of producing batteries and installing EV charging infrastructure with ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, the standards for reducing impacts and energy waste.

Logistics and fleet operations

Distribution and delivery

Embedding quality and safety

  • Accelerate safe, secure deployment of automated delivery vehicles with BSI’s CAV program in collaboration with the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
  • Embed safety into automated vehicles with ISO 21448, the standard for safety of the intended functionality (SOTIF).
  • Support the welfare of delivery drivers and safety-critical remote operators with ISO 45003, the standard for their psychological health and safety.

Instilling information security

  • Meet the requirements of UNECE Regulation 155 and boost automotive cybersecurity with ISO 21434, the standard for cybersecurity engineering of road vehicles.
  • Protect critical data feeds, digital twins, systems and controls from breaches with ISO 27001 as a first line of defence for information security.
  • Ensure customer privacy with ISO 27017 and ISO 27018, the standards for protecting personally identifiable information (PII) in the cloud.

Ensuring sustainability