Brian Smith Archive

Overdrive: Fuel Cells stall; Is Mapping the transport future; More on Latin helped made a better driver!
6 February 2021
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that dabbles in the mystical world of cars and transport. I’m David Brown News Cars sales for the first month of 2021 (2:02) One big trend is vehicles for home deliveries (3:00) Is mapping the new holy grail of motoring and transport developments (4:15) General Motors net-zero carbon

Overdrive: Tax on Electric Vehicles; An oldie–Landcruiser 70; A newie–MG Electric; Sport sponsors
17 November 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that plays with cars and transport. I’m David Brown News SA government to tax electric vehicles (1:25) Hyundai’s ‘Connected Car’ Infotainment And Ai Platform (2:19) TV campaign on the value of safety features (3:14) A decade of evolution of electric vehicles (4:14) Intelligent systems (5:19) Interview Rob Fraser drives a

Overdrive: New Nissan Navara; MG ZST; MMGA (Make Monaros Great Again); James Bond’s favourite car
9 November 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that ponders the purpose of cars and transport I’m David Brown News October 2020 vehicles sales gives a glimmer of hope (1:39) The new Nissan Navara overview (2:44) Key stumbling blocks for electric vehicle adoption (3:43) California gives vehicle manufacturers makers until end of year to come clean

Overdrive: Nissan Ariya 100% electric; Hino 300 including hybrid; Musicians who have special cars
18 July 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that pontificates on the issues of motoring and transport. News Nissan introduces the Ariya, a 100% electric crossover (1:48) Audi TT Coupe 45 TFSI quattro S tronic (2:41) Expanded Hino 300 series provides solutions for a growing market (3:46) Kia Stinger 3.3l GT (4:46) Subaru XV 2.0Is AWD vs Kia

Overdrive: Nissan Leaf helps power Canberra; Volkswagen Touareg; Hyundai Xcient; Jaguar Wedding car
11 July 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders on the issues of motoring and transport News Car Sales FIgures for June 2020 bounce back a bit (1:30) Nissan leaf industry-first vehicle-to-grid charging technology launched in Australia (2:26) World’s first fuel cell heavy-duty truck, Xcient fuel cell, heads to Europe for commercial use (3:25) Go electric or

Overdrive: e-Scooters; Jaguar I-Pace electric taxis; Alfa’s 110 birthday; Tesla’s sign confusion
3 July 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that probes deeply into the issues of motoring and transport News National Walk Safely to School Day Rescheduled for Friday 11 September (1:43) UK trialling e-scooters on public roads (2:41) Ford will allow some new customers to return vehicles if they lose their job (3:39) Jaguar i-pace electric taxis on