Opinion: the Volkswagen emissions scandal has exposed how the car industry's obsession with data is preventing it from designing for real people, says Luis Cilimingras of design consultancy IDEO. More about "This noxious story highlights the car industry's obsession with technology instead of humans"
New York studio Snarkitecture has completely covered an aircraft from private aviation company NetJets with a sky-blue gradient for Art Basel Miami Beach. More about Snarkitecture customises private jet with blue ombre finish
Electric car manufacturer Tesla plans to produce fully self-driving cars to compete with Google, the brand's CEO Elon Musk has revealed. More about Tesla to design fully driverless cars
Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. More about Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians
Plane manufacturer Airbus has continued its run of unusual patent filings, proposing a detachable passenger cabin designed to speed up embarkation. More about Airbus patents removable aeroplane cabins for faster boarding
Self-driving cars could disrupt the airline and hotel industries within 20 years as people sleep in their vehicles on the road, according to a senior strategist at Audi. More about Driverless cars could spell the end for domestic flights, says Audi strategist
Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created the economy and business cabin interiors for airline KLM's first Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which go into operation today. More about Hella Jongerius designs "homelike" cabin interiors for KLM's Boeing 787 aircraft
Transport for London has released renderings and a video showing the trains originally designed by Barber and Osgerby for the city's east-west rail link Crossrail (+ movie). More about Transport for London unveils designs for 200-metre-long Crossrail trains
Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has unveiled an autonomous vehicle concept that allows drivers to relinquish the controls when their journey gets boring (+ movie). More about Bored drivers can snooze at the wheel in Volvo's Concept 26 self-driving car
A new exhibition at London's Design Museum explores contemporary bike design, from Olympic-winning sports models to compact city cycles (+ slideshow). More about Design Museum's Cycle Revolution exhibition celebrates bicycle design
London startup the Hummingbird Bike Company has designed a folding carbon-fibre bike that weighs just 6.5 kilograms. More about "World's lightest" folding bicycle weighs less than the average watermelon
Dubai, home to the world's tallest skyscraper, will use jetpack-equipped firefighters in high-rise emergencies as early as next year. More about Dubai to fight fires in world's tallest skyscrapers using jetpacks
Italian design studio Pininfarina has launched a tractor that takes its cues from sport cars to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Czech agricultural machinery manufacturer Zetor. More about Pininfarina unveils Ferrari-like tractor design for Zetor
Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Ahti Heinla are trialling a fleet of six-wheeled self-driving robots designed to deliver shopping to consumers' doorsteps. More about Grocery-delivering robots by Skype co-founders to be tested in London next year
German manufacturer Audi is adapting gesture-control technology used in the gaming industry to make its vehicle design processes more efficient. More about Audi uses gaming technology to test vehicle designs in the virtual world
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate David Roman Lieshout's prototype bicycle has individually foldable components that help it fit into compact storage areas. More about David Roman Lieshout designs semi-foldable bicycle for small apartments
Copenhagen company Biomega is launching a lightweight electric bicycle by KiBiSi, the Danish design supergroup co-founded by architect Bjarke Ingels (+ slideshow). More about KiBiSi introduces lightweight OKO electric bicycle for Biomega
German auto brand Mercedes-Benz has released images of its Vision Tokyo – a self-driving concept vehicle created for "young, urban trendsetters" that showcases how future car designs could be transformed into "hip living spaces". More about Mercedes-Benz unveils autonomous concept car designed for urban hipsters
French car manufacturer Renault has commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Le Corbusier by creating a concept car that references his Modernist architecture. More about Renault marks anniversary of Le Corbusier's death with Modernist-inspired concept car
A test track for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation network – first conceived by entrepreneur Elon Musk – will begin work in California next month (+ slideshow). More about Hyperloop's test track will be "closest thing to teletransportation"