IOT Consulting Partners

Automotive

We specialize in ensuring your automotive products meet stringent regulatory standards for global market access

Automotive product testing

From concept to production, we provide tailored guidance to address industry-specific requirements such as electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), wireless connectivity, and functional safety. Our solutions include:

  • EMC and RF Testing: Ensuring your automotive electronics meet regulatory requirements for electromagnetic interference and radio frequency compliance.
  • Wireless Connectivity Compliance: Assisting with approvals for IoT-enabled features like vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and Bluetooth/Wi-Fi systems.
  • Functional Safety Guidance: Supporting compliance with ISO 26262 and other functional safety standards to ensure the safety of your automotive systems.
  • Global Market access: Providing expertise in global type approval and certification processes, including UNECE regulations.
  • Documentation and Technical Files: Preparing and reviewing the necessary documentation to streamline approvals and audits.

Our solutions are designed to help you integrate innovative technologies into your vehicles while staying compliant with international regulations, ensuring a smooth path to market success.

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Automotive

How we helped our client

Automotive compliance and EMC testing for global type approval, ensuring wireless connectivity and safety certification for vehicle manufacturers.

Challenge

A leading supplier of communication units for the automotive industry needed global type approvals for Radio, EMC, and Safety compliance. Their modules are integrated into vehicles by major car manufacturers, which meant certification was critical for market access and OEM trust. The biggest challenge was that each country applied different requirements for testing, frequency settings, and device configurations. Without alignment, the risk of non-acceptance by local regulators was high, creating the possibility of delays, extra testing cycles, and costly redesigns. To address these complexities, the company turned to IoT Consulting Partners to manage the approvals process, guide compliance, and coordinate communications with local authorities.

Outcome

Through our expertise and regulatory networks, IoT Consulting Partners delivered: Radio, EMC, and Safety testing coordination across North America, Europe, and Asia. Debugging and technical consultancy to adapt the devices’ settings for compliance with local requirements. Direct communication and negotiation with local regulators, ensuring acceptance of justifications and avoiding unnecessary redesign. Global approval strategy, ensuring timely certification for multiple markets under a unified approach. As a result, the communication units were successfully certified and approved worldwide, enabling the client to deliver fully compliant and future-ready connectivity solutions to their automotive partners. The structured approach — combining technical debugging, regulatory expertise, and direct engagement with authorities — ensured compliance was achieved efficiently, with no costly delays or hidden surprises.

Essential requirements under the RED (2014/53/EU) and the standards that ensure compliance:

Note: For conformity assessment under the RED (2014/53/EU) and related directives, the *latest versions of harmonized standards* as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) shall always be applied.

Article 3.2 Radio; efficient use of the radio spectrum.

StandardDescriptionTechnology / Devices
EN 300 220Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHzShort Range Devices (e.g. 434 MHz, 868 MHz)
EN 300 328Wideband transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz bandBluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WLAN, Zigbee, Kleer etc.
EN 300 330Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment in the frequency range 9 kHz to 25 MHz and inductive loop systems in the frequency range 9 kHz to 30 MHzShort Range Devices (e.g. Immobilizer, NFC...)
EN 300 440Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 1 GHz to 40 GHz frequency rangeShort Range Devices, WLAN 5 GHz (Band 4)
EN 301 091Short Range Devices; Transport and Traffic Telematics (TTT); Radar equipment operating in the 76 GHz to 77 GHz range76/77 GHz Radar Devices
EN 301 511Global System for Mobile communications (GSM); Mobile Stations (MS) equipmentGSM Devices (e.g. Mobile Phones, Cellular)
EN 301 8935 GHz RLANWLAN 5 GHz (Band 1-3)
EN 301 908-1IMT cellular networks3G / LTE Devices (e.g. Mobile Phones, Cellular)
EN 302 065Short Range Devices (SRD) using Ultra Wide Band technology (UWB)UWB Devices (UWB location tracking / UWB devices for ground based vehicular applications)
EN 302 208Radio Frequency Identification Equipment operating in the band 865 MHz to 868 MHz with power levels up to 2 W and in the band 915 MHz to 921 MHz with power levels up to 4 WRFID Devices
EN 302 264Short Range Radar equipment operating in the 77 GHz to 81 GHz bandShort Range Devices / Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT) / Short Range Radar equipment
EN 302 372Short Range Devices (SRD); Tank Level Probing Radar (TLPR) equipment operating in the frequency ranges 4,5 GHz to 7 GHz, 8,5 GHz to 10,6 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 27 GHz, 57 GHz to 64 GHz, 75 GHz to 85 GHzTank Level Probing Radar (TLPR)
EN 302 729Short Range Devices (SRD); Level Probing Radar (LPR) equipment operating in the frequency ranges 6 GHz to 8,5 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 26,5 GHz, 57 GHz to 64 GHz, 75 GHz to 85 GHzLevel Probing Radar (LPR)
EN 302 852Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (RTTT); Automotive radar equipment operating in the 24,05 GHz up to 24,25 GHz or 24,50 GHz frequency range24 GHz Automotive Radar Equipment
EN 302 858Short Range Devices; Transport and Traffic Telematics (TTT); Radar equipment operating in the 24,05 GHz to 24,25 GHz or 24,05 GHz to 24,50 GHz range24 GHz Radar Devices
EN 303 345Broadcast Sound ReceiversBroadcast Sound Receivers (AM/FM/DAB/DRM)
EN 303 406Short Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Equipment operating in the frequency range 25 MHz to 1 000 MHzShort Range Devices (SRD); Social Alarms Systems
EN 303 413Satellite Earth Stations and Systems (SES); Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers; Radio equipment operating in the 1 164 MHz to 1 300 MHz and 1 559 MHz to 1 610 MHz frequency bandsGNSS Receivers (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, SBAS)
EN 303 417Wireless power transmission using technologies other than radio frequency beam in the 19-21 kHz, 59-61 kHz, 79-90 kHz, 100-300 kHz, 6765-6795 kHz rangesWireless Chargers
EN 305 550Short Range Devices (SRD); Radio equipment to be used in the 40 GHz to 246 GHz frequency rangeUltra Wide Band (UWB)

Article 3.1(b) EMC; Adequate level of electromagnetic compatibility.

StandardDescriptionTechnology / Devices
EN 301 489-1Part 1: Common technical requirements-
EN 301 489-2Part 2: Specific conditions for radio paging equipmentPaging Devices
EN 301 489-3Part 3: Specific conditions for Short-Range Devices (SRD) operating on frequencies between 9 kHz and 246 GHzShort Range Devices
EN 301 489-17Part 17: Specific conditions for Broadband Data Transmission SystemsBluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WLAN, Zigbee, Kleer etc.
EN 301 489-19Part 19: Specific conditions for Receive Only Mobile Earth Stations (ROMES) operating in the 1,5 GHz band providing data communications and GNSS receivers operating in the RNSGNSS Receivers (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, SBAS)
EN 301 489-33Part 33: Specific conditions for Ultra-WideBand (UWB) devicesUltra Wide Band (UWB)
EN 301 489-51Part 51: Specific conditions for Automotive, Ground based Vehicles and Surveillance Radar Devices using 24,05 GHz to 24,25 GHz, 24,05 GHz to 24,5 GHz, 76 GHz to 77 GHz and 77 GHz to 81 GHzRadar Devices
EN 301 489-52Part 52: Specific conditions for Cellular Communication User Equipment (UE) radio and ancillary equipmentCellular Devices (GSM/UMTS/LTE)
EN 55032Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment – Emission requirementsMultimedia Equipment, Broadcast Receivers
EN 55035Electromagnetic compatibility of multimedia equipment — Immunity RequirementsMultimedia Equipment, Broadcast Receivers