Brian Smith Archive
Overdrive: Diesel- good news and bad news; car sales; classic design but electric engine
14 April 2018
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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: Further woes for diesel drivers as fuel consumption found to be
Overdrive: Uber fatality update; Classic Mini; Hot Maserati; The future is the scooter
7 April 2018
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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: Toyota puts brakes on self-driving car development, for now Police chief: Uber self-driving car may not be at fault
Overdrive: Jaguar I-Pace, BMW X3, Mercedes E400, Car Memorabilia
17 March 2018
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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: 2019 Jaguar I-Pace revealed: Brits put Tesla on alert California’s new rules turn self-driving cars into remotely operated, road-going drones Tesla’s new ‘light-years ahead’ navigation and
Car fuel from whiskey waste and bagpipes on planes
5 August 2017
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List all your Scottish jokes here! Electric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come. The challenge then becomes how to reduce the carbon footprint of extracting, transporting, refining, and burning those fuels to reduce the
“Lucky” coins thrown into plane engine
5 August 2017
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Transport superstitions Do you have any superstitious actions before you travel? An elderly woman has delayed a plane for more than five hours, after she attempted to throw a handful of coins into its engine for good luck. The passenger was boarding China Southern Airlines flight, from Shanghai to Guangzhou, when she threw nine coins
Man implants transit car in his hand to make life easier
5 August 2017
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Wearable technology goes the next step In order to avoid misplacing his Opal transport card, a Sydney man has had the critical chip part of the card implanted in his hand. The man, who has had his name officially changed to Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow says that his goal is to have frictionless interaction with
