...geared specifically to ensuring the safety of electrical, electronic, and software of vehicles.
Look it up - you'll find tons of stuff about it on the internet (unfortunately, you pay out the * for the actual spec, if you want to purchase it from ISO - it's the only way to get a copy, despite the power of the internet, afaict).
...and that's just one particular spec; there are tons of others covering all aspects of the automobile manufacturing spectrum to attempt to ensure safe and reliable vehicles.
Are they perfect? No. Will the prevent problems? No.
But to say there isn't any standards to look to isn't true.
Are you sure? What about IEC 61508 and ISO 26262? The latter especially, as it was derived as a vehicle-specific version of the IEC standard.
It's an industry-wide standard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_26262
...geared specifically to ensuring the safety of electrical, electronic, and software of vehicles.
Look it up - you'll find tons of stuff about it on the internet (unfortunately, you pay out the * for the actual spec, if you want to purchase it from ISO - it's the only way to get a copy, despite the power of the internet, afaict).
...and that's just one particular spec; there are tons of others covering all aspects of the automobile manufacturing spectrum to attempt to ensure safe and reliable vehicles.
Are they perfect? No. Will the prevent problems? No.
But to say there isn't any standards to look to isn't true.