What’s In Scope (and What’s Not) Under the Connected Vehicle Rule

When we're talking about scope, whether it's whether it's the VCS hardware, VCS software, ADS software, like, how how are you approaching the question of what's in scope, what's out of scope? Yeah. So the the way that the rule defines it is the the hardware or software has to directly enable those those two functions, either VCS or ADS. And and I realized that there could be could be ambiguity there, but there there are examples that are that are provided throughout the rule. So, you know, for example, you know, for for there there are areas that are not ambiguous. If you are sourcing passive electronic components, not a problem. They're excluded, so you don't have to go down and worry about every single resistor and capacitor that's on your board. There are certain plate you know, certain types of components that are very hard to get from anywhere but China, and that's that's an example. For hardware, the let's start with this. The there there are two different categories, within this rule. There's vehicle connectivity systems and autonomous driving systems, as Christian said. The hardware prohibitions only impact the VCS part of that. So, on the hardware side, we're just talking about, vehicle connectivity systems that are transmitting above four hundred and fifty megahertz. So anything below that is excluded. Anything above that is included. And it has to be a part of the system that is directly enabling that. So if you have an ECU that is sending some data on a bus to a to a VCS, that's then transmitting it. That ECU is not by default included in this in this rule. The it is it is about covering the pieces of the system that are directly enabling that communication. So think about your your cellular radios, modems, head units if they're embedded in there. That's that's where, we're we're talking about, in general, the telematics systems for the vehicles. The the ADS is a software focus only. And so and it is only for systems that are at level three, or higher autonomy, and it is just about the software that is, again, directly enabling that function. So, I think that the question was, you know, since, you know, brakes and and windshield wipers are required in order for an ADS to function, is that part of the scope? And I think the answer is pretty clearly, no. It is not. It is just the the pieces of the the vehicle that are directly enabling those functions.