ASIL-D Compliance in EV Charging: What OEMs Need to Know

## Functional Safety: Beyond the Datasheet

Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) D represents the highest degree of automotive-grade risk management defined under ISO 26262.

### Why ASIL-D for Charging?
A failure in a high-voltage charging unit during operation doesn't just result in downtime—it can lead to catastrophic thermal events. ASIL-D ensures that:
- **Redundancy**: Dual-channel sensing for voltage and current.
- **Diagnostics**: Real-time hardware health checks every 10ms.
- **Fail-Safe**: Guaranteed safe-state transition in under 5ms.

### eDrift's Compliance Matrix
We design every on-board charger with a 10-year product reliability standard. Our validation pipeline includes environmental stress screening (ESS) and high-accelerated life testing (HALT) to meet global OEM standards.

### Certification Timeline
Most Tier-1 OEMs require a minimum 18-month lead time for full ASIL-D validation of a custom power unit. Partnering with eDrift reduces this cycle by leveraging our pre-validated core topologies.