Overdrive

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that practices what it preaches, most of the time, on the subject of cars and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with David Campbell including: 1. Tesla Ute 2. Porsche smashes all-time Nurburgring record - with onboard video 3. Where 3 Million Electric Vehicle Batteries Will Go When They Retire 4. Not exactly top fuel:...

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that proudly gives you the alternative facts to all aspects of motoring and transport. In this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Toyota Gazoo racing wins at le mans 2. Toyota confirms super sports car development 3. Tesla Flags Over 500 Job Cuts at California Headquarters, Plant 4. AutoPacific Announces 2018 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards: 5. Ford and...

The event, now known as Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, is the second oldest motor racing event in America behind the Indianapolis 500. It is a hill climb in every sense of the word as long as you don't think a hill as a gentle gradient. Rather you think of it as some way towards being a mountain. The hill climb is 20 kilometres long from the bottom to the top. It raises just over one point f...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the philosophical and the practical aspects of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Musk company to build Chicago-to-O'Hare express transport 2. Acciona 100% ecopowered becomes first electric car in finke desert race 3. Bus Driver Tells Passengers Only U.S. Citizens Can Ride As...

If a government, a private company or the community wants to build more transport infrastructure or change a policy, or an operating system, how can we evaluate the real consequences, the true worth of going ahead. We have been computer modeling the transport network for a long time now. No model is perfect. Are well getting better in this changing world. And getting better is not just trying to p...

Recently a Lloyds auction for classic motorcars sold among other things a Ford Falcon GT HO for over a million dollars. Some may ask why but nonetheless that's the big news, but a critical element of that auction was a 1964 Honda S 600 convertible coupe roadster, it sold for $18,500. The description described it as "This slick convertible was the most fashionable car to be driving in with sizzling...

Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Australia’s first electric vehicle how-to guide to ease confusion 2. Ford Working on a Bike to Vehicle (B2V) AI Communication System 3. Commercial transport can be fossil-free by 2050 4. Charging even easier than refuel...

Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Rise in SUV sales defies market dip 2. Motor Museum to receive $200,000 for the Chamberlain 8 from the Federal Government 3. National Motor Museum wins national award with Bush Mechanics exhibition 4. Nissan makes 100 p...

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the factors affecting our attitude and actions to motoring and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. MIT's new self-driving car navigates without road markings 2. Sweden builds life-size slot-car track for long-distance electric-car charging 3. Despite government efforts, keyless ignitions...

Hello this is Overdrive a program that tries to spread the word about trains, planes and automobiles. And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. NHTSA Confirms Newer Cars Much Safer Than Older Ones 2. Crashes caused by idiots, not speedsters, says road safety advocate 3. New law to tackle electric cars’ silent menace to pedestrians 4. Uber CEO says its self-driving car tests w...

A few colleagues have been telling me a lot about Alvis motor cars. Well regaling in all its positive sense might be a better word. The company that became Alvis Car and Engineering was a British manufacturing business in Coventry started in from 1919 and ceased in 1967. Why did the subject come up? Let me be very brief in my introduction. It started when my brother in law showed me the working of...

Victoria has the unusual hook-turn at some major intersections now they are introducing the P-Turn which requires you to go past the intersection then make a U-Turn.  Our traffic engineering expert, Alan Finlay tries to make sense of it all.

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that puts a magnifying glass to the role of cars and transport in our society and ends up burning a hole in it. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Further woes for diesel drivers as fuel consumption found to be up to 75% more than stated by car manufacturers 2. 'Diesel-saving' technology could make it to market i...

Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we never let facts get in the way of a good argument about motoring and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Toyota puts brakes on self-driving car development, for now 2. Police chief: Uber self-driving car may not be at fault in fatal Arizona crash 3. Mercedes-Benz launches Flexperience car subscription s...

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that pontificates on the issues of motoring and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Toyota puts brakes on self-driving car development, for now 2. Police chief: Uber self-driving car may not be at fault in fatal Arizona crash 3. Mercedes-Benz launches Flexperience car subscription service in Germany 4. Bentley's...

In a previous item we noted how Hino trucks had released new vehicles with a strong focus on road safety. Scania has now launched a new generation of trucks across its whole range. At the launch we had a chat with a range of their international executives that covered their strong push into sustainability in all its forms and the design of trucks that have to serve the drivers and operators but al...

Recently Tesla showed the world its new electric truck. It looks different on the outside, and inside the driver sits in the middle. It was a classic Tesla launch that seem to say this is a whole new future. And in a number of ways it is. But traditional truck companies have been continually developing their designs in the multifaceted nature of serving customers, looking after drivers and interac...

News including the no-steering-wheel GM Cruise AV, talking traffic lights, Uber buttering up the Brits, Mapping apps and EU's free train travel trial. We talk Kristofer Hansén, Scania’s Head of Styling and Industrial Design. We reflect on the Lamborghini SUV - the Urus. And a quirky discussion of odd cars from the Geneva motor show. Originally broadcast 24th March 2018. For past programs and exten...

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that probes the issues of motoring and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. Greens push for electric only cars on Australian roads by 2030 2. Mercedes overtakes Toyota as most valuable car brand in influential study 3. Uber already using self-driving trucks 4. Australia hosts the first ever Maserati global gatheri...

Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we wander through the world of motoring and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. 2019 Jaguar I-Pace revealed: Brits put Tesla on alert 2. California's new rules turn self-driving cars into remotely operated, road-going drones 3. Tesla’s new ‘light-years ahead’ navigation and maps engine is ‘almost done’, sa...

News including the Takata 4 million+ airbag recall, China takes a bite of Daimler, speed humps on bicycle paths and facial recognition on public transport. We discuss the Takata airbag recall in detail and the expanding Volkswagen diesel-gate court cases. We road test iconic Nissan GT-R Nismo. And quirky stories including the mullet fest in Kurri Kurri. Originally broadcast 3rd March 2018. For pas...

Welcome to Overdrive, where we cover everything to do with motoring and transport from the sublime to the ridiculous. I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. New super-sized $15 million bus fleet won't fit in bus stops 2. Cycling groups outraged at WA Road Safety videos depicting riders as 'losers' 3. German cities to trial free public transport to cut pollu...

In this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. New Queensland CBD designed for driverless cars 2. Holden sells on line 3. Tesla reveals 2017 financial results, records near $2B loss 4. Intelligent road studs to improve road safety 5. 2018 Fiat 500 goes all-turbo, all the time 6. Modular footpath for London trial We dedicate the remaining part of the program to a critique of the car ad...

In this program, we look at news stories with including: 1. New Holden Commodore Crash tested 2. Mazda's future gas engines could be cleaner than electric motors 3. UK Government to punish emissions cheat devices with 'unlimited' fines 4. Dealers start to worry about ebbing repair income from electric cars 5. Tesla Model S racing is now a real thing, approved by FIA sanctioning body We have a firs...

Sam Linkey graduated in 2010 in civil engineering and the History and Philosophy of Science. She is now the technical leader of transport modelling at the consulting firm Jacobs. She is currently focusing on pedestrian modelling and is also the vice president of the Institute of Transportation Engineers in Australia and New Zealand. She recently traveled overseas on an eye to ITE Australia and New...