London Design Festival 2014: the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition features ideas for the future of travel created by six cutting-edge young designers (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen and MINI unveil visions for the future of mobility at London Design Festival
News: a company that claims to have developed the first electric car powered by salt water says the vehicle has now been approved for testing on public roads in Germany and the EU (+ slideshow). More about Salt water-powered electric car approved for roads in Europe
News: Honda has launched a riposte to Google's driverless cars with a new saloon that incorporates automated collision prevention technologies and can connect with other road users (+ movie). More about Honda introduces automated driving technologies for a "collision-free society"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the first of a series of preview movies running up to the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition next week, designer Dominic Wilcox shows us the car he is making out of stained glass for the show. More about Behind the scenes with Dominic Wilcox making his "stained-glass driverless car"
News: the California department of motor vehicles has introduced new road safety rules, requiring all vehicles on its roads to have a steering wheel and brake pedal – including Google's fleet of driverless cars. More about Google forced to add steering wheels to driverless car designs
Two Mercedes-Benz cars appear to soar through the sky in British designer Gerry Judah's latest installation for the Goodwood auto show (+ movie). More about Gerry Judah's arcing sculpture suspends Mercedes cars above Goodwood crowds
News: British car brand Jaguar Land Rover is working with researchers at MIT to develop technology for its vehicles, including controls operated by tracking where the driver is looking (+ slideshow). More about Land Rover developing sight-activated controls for future vehicles
News: Google has revealed footage of a self-driving vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, announcing that it expects to roll out its first pilot scheme on public roads in "the next couple of years". More about Google unveils driverless car prototype
BMW's MINI brand has teamed up with Italian bespoke sports-car design company Touring Superleggera to create the MINI Superleggera Vision (+ slideshow). More about MINI and Touring Superleggera unveil open-top concept car
German auto brand Volkswagen's XL1, which it claims is the most fuel-efficient production car ever made, has been named the winner of the Transport category at Designs of the Year 2014. More about Volkswagen claims XL1 is "the most efficient production car in the world"
German car manufacturer BMW has unveiled Vision Future Luxury, a saloon concept car featuring augmented display technology (+ slideshow). More about BMW unveils Vision Future Luxury car with augmented reality display
News: internet-connected cars will soon be harvesting data on the weather, road conditions and traffic flow and selling it to the grid, according to panelists at the Internet of Cars session at the SXSW festival. More about Internet-connected cars will give drivers "superhuman powers"
Apple has teamed up with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz to develop software for cars allowing iPhones to be connected up and controlled via a second screen in the entertainment system. More about Apple unveils software for cars with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
Swiss automobile company Rinspeed has unveiled a self-driving concept car that transforms into a mobile office so owners can make the most of their time on the road (+ slideshow). More about Driverless cars designed for use as mobile offices
French auto brand Renault has designed a concept car that launches its own drone from a hatch in the roof (+ slideshow). More about Renault unveils Kwid Concept car equipped with traffic-spotting drone
News: Google has joined up with automotive manufacturers including Honda, Audi, Hyundai and General Motors to integrate its Android smartphone operating system into cars. More about Google joins forces with major auto brands to bring Android to car dashboards
News: car brand Nissan has unveiled a revised design for its new London taxi to replace the city's famous black cabs, having altered the look of the vehicle in an attempt "to better reflect the iconic nature of the traditional black cab" (+ slideshow). More about Nissan updates its new London taxi design to make it "easier to recognise"
Classic sports cars appear to be frozen as they explode in this series of images by Swiss artist Fabien Oefner (+ slideshow). More about Detailed photos capture exploded sports cars
Motor brand MINI has launched the latest incarnation of the iconic car at the firm's production plant in Oxford, UK (+ slideshow). More about The new MINI launches
This futuristic car with a continuous transparent top was designed by German auto brand Audi for the sci-fi film Ender's Game, which premiered yesterday. More about Quattro Fleet Shuttle by Audi for Ender's Game