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STD-UL-2020-001

UL 4600 — Standard for Safety for the Evaluation of Autonomous Products

UL 4600 自动驾驶产品安全评估标准

JURISDICTION

United States

ORGANIZATION

UL

TYPE

Standard

STATUS

In Force

PUBLICATION DATE

2020-04-01

AUTOMATION LEVEL

L4, L5

TOPICS

Functional SafetySOTIFOperations

SUMMARY

The first safety case standard explicitly designed for fully autonomous products. Goal-based rather than prescriptive. Addresses fully autonomous operation without human driver as primary use case. First published 2020; revised periodically.

IMPACT / ANALYSIS

Referenced by Nuro, Motional, Aurora safety cases. Complements ISO 26262 / 21448 rather than replacing them.

RELATED STANDARDS

ISO 26262ISO 21448ISO 34502
Updated: 2026-04-16