Mercedes-Benz offers a modern take on art deco with its latest autonomous concept car, combining decorative straw and mother-of-pearl marquetry with advances in artificial intelligence. More about Art deco meets AI in Mercedes-Benz's Vision Iconic show car
Technology firm Botronics has developed an autonomous AI-powered golf trolley that acts like a personal caddie, trailing players from hole to hole, providing tips on club selection and recording data to help improve their game. More about "World's first" self-driving golf trolley follows players around the course
Italian automobile brand Maserati has set a new land speed record with its driverless MC20 Coupe, which reached 197.7 miles per hour without a driver at the helm during a racing event at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. More about Driverless Maserati racing car sets world record for autonomous speed
Tesla's recently unveiled robotaxis are part of a wave of renewed enthusiasm for self-driving cars, but autonomous vehicles will not solve the problems faced by our transport systems, writes Paris Marx. More about "A repeat of the autonomous car hype-cycle of a decade ago is on the cards"
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the brand's long-awaited driverless Robotaxi as well as surprise prototype Robovan at the We, Robot event in Los Angeles, USA. More about Tesla unveils retro-futuristic art deco Robovan
Daniel Czyszczoń has been awarded second place in the Future Luxury Retail Design Competition with his proposal for reconfigurable, autonomous cars that travel to the customer to test drive. More about Daniel Czyszczoń's mobile showrooms take second place in Future Luxury Retail Design Competition
Promotion: Chinese startup PIX Moving is calling for entries to its Moving Space Hackathon, a global design competition to reimagine autonomous rideshare vehicles as dual-purpose spaces that double up as anything from gyms to offices and libraries. More about PIX Moving launches competition to redesign rideshares using generative AI
The widespread adoption of self-driving cars will create a major bump in carbon emissions without changes to their design, a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found. More about MIT study finds huge carbon cost to self-driving cars
Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a road, air and hyperloop-capable autonomous vehicle for the new US city of Telosa currently being planned for five million people in an unconfirmed desert location. More about BIG designing Ground to Air driverless vehicle for American desert city Telosa
J&A and Sepanta Design have created a series of station interiors based on forms and patterns found in nature for the first unmanned metro line in Chengdu, China. More about Chengdu reveals "futuristic" stations for its first fully-automated metro line
PriestmanGoode has unveiled a concept for a driverless, electric ride-hailing vehicle for London, which the design firm hopes could join the red double-decker bus in the ranks of the city's iconic transport designs. More about PriestmanGoode models autonomous taxi on London's brutalist architecture
Apple's plans to develop an electric and driverless car featuring its own battery technology are reportedly back on the table, with a new target production date estimated for 2024. More about Apple set to release self-driving car by 2024 with unique battery design
US firm Monarch Tractor has developed an all-electric and autonomous tractor in a bid to mitigate the effects of climate change and help farmers meet growing demands. More about Monarch Tractor is a fully electric and driverless tractor to help meet growing farming demands
British car brand MINI has unveiled its Vision Urbanaut concept vehicle, which adapts its interior space via a disc-shaped device that turns the dashboard into a daybed and the windscreen into a balcony. More about MINI's Vision Urbanaut vehicle shifts between three interior layouts using a digital "token"
Amazon has debuted its Ring Always Home Cam, an autonomous drone-style camera that can fly around the home to record disturbances when the resident is away. More about Amazon launches autonomous flying security camera for the home
PriestmanGoode has designed an electric and autonomous concept vehicle that would be part of a transport network providing private trips for passengers and urban freight delivery. More about PriestmanGoode designs autonomous on-demand passenger and cargo vehicles for Dromos
Ponti Design Studio has created a concept for an autonomous, double-decker tram with a radial interior design to encourage Hong Kong residents to safely return to public transport after the height of the coronavirus pandemic. More about Ponti Design Studio creates driverless tram concept for Hong Kong post-Covid
Biomega founder Jens Martin Skibsted has created NemBot, a concept for convoys of electric driverless vehicles to transport goods and patients around cities in isolation pods. More about Jens Martin Skibsted and Manyone design "pandemic-proof" non-emergency medical transport system
Coen Car is a concept design by Nendo that envisions children playing with a fleet of autonomous vehicles that function as pieces of mobile and interactive playground equipment. More about Nendo designs self-driving mobile playground equipment for children
Multidisciplinary studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a "private shared" ride-hailing service, which features retractable partitions and air-purifying technology. More about Seymourpowell designs Quarter Car private ride-sharing concept