- ADAS Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
- AQI Automotive Quality Institute
- ASIL Automotive Safety Integrity Level
- ASPICE Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
- CSR Customer Specific Requirements
- ECU Electronic Control Unit
- FMEA Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
- FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
- GDPR General Data Protection Regulation
- IATF International Automotive Task Force
- IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- ISO International Organization for Standardization
- Kba Federal Motor Transport Authority German: Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt
- OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
- OKR Objectives and key results
- PDCA Plan-Do-Check-Act
- QM Quality Management
- QMS Quality Management System
- SPICE Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination
- TÜV Technical Monitoring Association, German: Technischer Überwachungsverein
- VDA Association of the Automotive Industry, German: Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V.
- ZVEI German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association, German: Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V.