Through the Centre for Technology Transfer (CTTM) and the Institut Automobile du Mans (IAM), Le Mans is part of the R&D network of the following competitiveness clusters: EMC2 (Complex Metallic and Composite Groups), Nouvelles Technologies de l’Image et des Réseaux (New Technologies of Image and Networks), and Automobile Haut de Gamme (Upmarket Automobile) with ID4CAR.