Meetings of the restructured panels of CAR were held during June-July 2009. The following priority topics are being pursued for new consortia projects

 Automotive Electronics:

•  Soft-ware Standard for Small Cars (S3C)
• Shared Transport Telematics 

  Materials and Manufacturing:

•  Rapid metal casting technologies and process improvements for cast auto-part industry
• Machining simulation
• E-foundry (online casting simulation)

 IC Enigne and Drivetrain:

•  Homogeneous Charge Compression Ingniiton Engine
• Camless Engine
• NOx Control for IC Enignes 
• Direct Injection CNG Engine