David Brown Archive
Overdrive: Caravans and self-isolating; recycling tyres; Hyundai Exoskeleton; Nissan & Toyota utes
3 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, where we stay at home and luxuriate in our dreams of cars and transport. Coronavirus keeping your car virus free (1:19) Ways to use your caravan while self-isolating (2:18) Car companies’ equipment for Coronavirus patients (3:15) The need to collect data (4:24) Hyundai’s Exoskeleton Wins Design Award (5:19) We
Overdrive: Coronavirus; What can transport services and planners do; what will be long-term changes?
29 March 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program where we put the world of motoring and transport under the microscope. World-first study tests distraction and fatigue in drivers (1:29) New Battery Technology (2:20) Truck Changes because of Coronavirus (4:06) How insurance we reflect modern technology (4:51) Two interviews on transport lessons from Coronavirus What measures
Overdrive: Angry men cars; New Elantra; Self-loathing cyclist; Mitsubishi ASX; Peugeot 508; Mazda 3.
21 March 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that plays around a bit with cars and transport $2m funding to an Australian Electric veh company (1:32) 140 countries pledged to eliminate traffic deaths. (2:22) Mitsubishi ASX (3:32) Stubborn, angry men are more likely to own luxury cars (4:31) Diesel Brothers hit with big fine (5:37) Motoring
Overdrive: Coronavirus and transport; Amarok family ute; Ford Puma; Audi SQ8; Semiautonomous safety
13 March 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we put the world of motoring and transport under the microscope. Future mobility – who is calling the shots? (1:17) Safeguards to keep drivers focused with semi-autonomous vehicles (2:12) Ford Puma SUV (3:10) Audi SQ8 TDI (4:09) VW Amarok 580 (5:15) How will the Coronavirus affect transport? We talk
Overdrive: Nissan’s future; Holden sales old and new; Plug-in Hybrid; Feedspot top transport podcast
6 March 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that broods over the world of cars and transport A paradigm shift brought about by EVs (1:26) Holden Sales Crash (2:15) Are old Holdens worth more now that the brand is going? (3:02) Plug-in Electric Vehicles (3:52) Feedspot’s top 10 transport podcasts (4:44) Extended interview with Stephen Lester from
Dean Oliver: Artist; Rally driver: Raconteur; Holden Owner
1 March 2020
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The resident artist of the motoring radio program Overdrive, Dean Oliver, comes from a family that has had its passion for Holden cars. We chatted about those early years and Dean as a young man with a craving for cars but not the financial responsibility that some would have liked. DB Dean, your family did
