LG earns first ASIL D gateway certification for Genesis GV90

Sophie Lindqvist

LG Electronics has earned its first product certification at automotive safety integrity level D (ASIL D) under the ISO 26262 functional-safety standard for the Genesis GV90 central gateway. LG built the certified component for the vehicle program, and LG Vehicle Solution Company issued the accompanying statement.

TÜV Rheinland, the certifier, had never previously awarded the top grade to a central gateway product, according to LG's announcement. The award applies to a finished component and gives automakers independent evidence that LG can deliver safety-critical hardware.

LG's earlier milestones show the progression. Process certification came in 2017, followed by an ASIL B rating for a driver assistance camera in 2021.

LG has now reached ASIL D for the GV90 gateway. For comparison, ASIL B sits one level below ASIL D on the four-grade ISO 26262 scale, while the 2017 approval covered processes rather than a finished product.

What does the GV90 gateway do?

The central gateway links the GV90's electronic control units, embedded computers that coordinate vehicle functions. It routes data over controller area network (CAN) and Ethernet connections, then reports faults to other modules.

The gateway also protects over-the-air (wireless) software updates and keeps startup under control during updates and rollbacks. A rollback returns vehicle software to an earlier version. Together, these functions place the gateway in the path of software changes that affect several vehicle modules.

The announcement says gateways matter more as the industry moves toward AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs). LG plans to reuse the know-how in domain controllers, vehicle computers dedicated to a functional area. That is an announced intention, not a disclosed program with a customer, launch date or production commitment.

What has the certification proven?

TÜV Rheinland's assessment gives automakers independent evidence of LG's ability to deliver safety-critical hardware. It does not establish demand for the gateway or guarantee a future platform award.

LG nevertheless expects the certification to help it win platform contracts. The announcement identifies no automaker, vehicle program or contract value attached to that expectation, so the commercial benefit remains unquantified.

Lee Sang-yong, head of the VS R&D Laboratory at LG Vehicle Solution Company, said: “Earning our first ASIL D product certification is a significant milestone for LG. It reflects our progress from establishing certified functional safety processes to implementing and verifying the highest-level safety requirements in an automotive product.”

Where does the certification lead?

In the same statement, Lee said: “We will build on this accomplishment to strengthen automakers’ confidence in LG and advance next-generation solutions for the AIDV era.” The statement ties a completed certification to future commercial ambitions, but it does not name the next controller program or an automaker award.

The first test is whether the award leads to a named platform contract and a domain-controller application. Reusing the safety process in another product would show whether LG can carry ASIL D capability beyond the GV90 gateway.

The announcement provides no manufacturing location, production volume, vehicle launch date or domain-controller timing. Those omissions prevent an assessment of scale, but they also keep the certification distinct from a commercial deployment claim.

What to watch next is a dated vehicle launch, a disclosed production milestone and the first automaker platform built on LG's certified safety work. Until those data appear, LG has established the ASIL D status of one GV90 component, not the volume of ASIL D gateways it will produce or the number of contracts it will win.