David Brown Archive
Overdrive: COVID-19 & car sales; Nissan Warrior & Toyota Rugged X; Deodorising tyres; Peugeot 508 GT
11 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that contemplates issues related to cars and transport. Coronavirus impact on car sales (1:21) Vehicle dealerships are open for Takata airbag repairs (2:11) No road user charges in London (3:07) Is it the time to get a bargain on a new car (4:04) Car company incentives offer incentives
What practical transport things can we learn from the Coronavirus pandemic from queuing to trucks
7 April 2020
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How the transport industry must cope with the coronavirus is often seen in very one-dimensional steps: Travel less; keep your distance. But there are many factors that interplay in the services we provide and the way the public uses them. It might seem simple, until there is a catastrophe. But if we are forced into
Coronavirus: What is happen with public transport around the world for essential trips
6 April 2020
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In regard to the Corona virus, we must be totally committed to limiting travel and washing hands and so on. But some people will still have to travel. Is there still a role for public transport? And if so, what are or should the service providers be doing? Yale Wong is from the Institute of
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
