Today, the auto industry applies standards in many areas that are not subject to competition. These Standards come into being in a whole host of way ranging from casual collaborations through European-based associations (e.g. ASAM) to large standardization organizations (e.g. ISO, SAE).
Using Standards results in a large number of advantages, notably considerably shorter development and engineering times as well as much lower costs per unit.
By way of example, the main topics are: