At the GPU Technology Conference 2013 show in San Jose, Audi announced some of its plans for its Cars of the Future, The Register reports. One of the coolest ideas: cars that can predict where traffic will be, so drivers can avoid it.

French carmaker Renault and Welsh industrial designer Ross Lovegrove teamed up to create this LED-covered, lightning-bug-looking electric city car, called the Twin'Z. They unveiled the concept this week in Milan.

Are the Dubai police looking for additions to their squad? Because we could use an excuse to drive this Lamborghini Aventador, which the city of Dubai has given to its force.

Think Sydney commuting is a pain? Spare a thought for the folks in LA. Superhighways are jam-packed, cars crawl along in the worst rush hour of your life even though it's only 2 pm, and yet no one rides the scary subway. Last summer, it took me two solid hours to travel 28 miles - and that was on the highway, following a route Google said should take maybe 35 minutes.

We've seen some cool ideas for self-driving cars, but it's complicated designing one that can work alongside other, human-driven vehicles. One way to get around that? Make a teeny, tiny car that's small enough to take to the sidewalks, squeezing through urban walkways instead of the road.

Cars are growing more and reliant on software for their basic functions, which, as cool as it is (see: the Tesla Model S), occasionally means bugs in the system.