The PAVE Europe White Paper (2025) puts it clearly: “The key to public acceptance of autonomous vehicles lies in demonstrable safety – through testing, regulations, and robust safety design.”
Safety-by-Wire™ – Making Redundancy a Design Principle
With its NX NextMotion platform, Arnold NextG has created a vehicle control system built entirely for safety. At its core: fail-operational architecture – a system that continues to operate safely even when individual components fail.
Safety-by-Wire™ introduces a new class of safety-critical architecture with these core features:
- Multilayer redundancy: Steering, braking, and propulsion are independently and redundantly secured
- Intelligent signal logic: Only validated sensor input is accepted and executed
- Real-time fault isolation: Faulty components are immediately disconnected from the system
- Predictive fallback strategies: The system anticipates issues before they become safety-critical
Trust Comes From Standards – Not Promises
Safety is measurable. That’s why NX NextMotion is aligned with the world’s most rigorous standards for functional safety and cybersecurity:
- ISO 26262 ASIL D – Maximum functional safety for automotive systems
- ISO 21434 & UNECE R155 – Certified cybersecurity and operational resilience
- FMVSS & ECE compliance – Designed for global homologation and deployment
One System, Multiple Components – Unified by Safety
The system overview reflects the full Safety-by-Wire™ concept in action:
- The NX NextMotion core unit at the heart of vehicle control
- A force feedback steering motor with integrated wheel, enabling precision tactile response
- A touch-based HMI display, optimized for safe driver interaction
- Certified wiring harnesses ensuring EMC and signal reliability
- A road wheel actuator that translates digital signals into millisecond-level mechanical control
- And in the background: three certificates validating the system’s global readiness
Conclusion: Safety Is Not a Feature – It’s the Starting Point
Autonomous mobility can only scale if its system architecture earns trust – technically, regulatorily, and societally. With Safety-by-Wire™, Arnold NextG delivers a fully validated, modular, and production-ready solution for safe driverless mobility.
Safety isn’t the goal. It’s the foundation.
We control what moves.