The journey of ARAI had been very transformational, continuously adopting to the contemporary changes of the industry it serves. What started as a simple testing house for a nascent auto industry in 1970s has now culminated into an elaborate and comprehensive portfolio offering Testing & Validation, Certification & Homologation, Design & Development, Research & Development, Virtual Engineering & Simulation, Optimisation & Calibration, Benchmarking, Project Management, Advisory & Consulting, Standardisation & Harmonisation, Education & Training, Conferences & Seminars, and Testing Solutions services. ARAI offers Automotive Technologies, India Specific Databases & Study Reports, Software Tools and Testing Facilities as some of its products. ARAI now works in the most advanced automotive engineering areas of Automotive Electronics, Emissions, Nose & Vibration, Structural Dynamics, Powertrain Engineering, EV/HEV, Computer Aided Engineering, Vehicle Evaluation, Active and Passive Safety, Automotive Materials, Forging & Heat Treatment Research, Environmental Research amongst others.

ARAI offers Engineering Services including Testing and Validation with service data acquisition, failure analysis, benchmarking, and development validation plan. Design and Development services include 3D scanning & CAD data generation, computer-aided engineering, virtual engineering and simulation, onsite/offshore development centre (ODC), optimisation, calibration, and new product development (NPD). The team also provides Technology Transfer and Process Simulation such as forging process design/optimisation and plastic moulding process design/optimisation. Advisory and Consulting offerings cover inspection and audit, as well as project management.