Brian Smith Archive

Overdrive: “Machine” the movie; Artificial Intelligence/Automated cars; Classic cars and democracy
8 December 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the fantasises and fallacies of anything to do with motoring and transport. Australia’s first regional AV project scoops national ITS award (1:41) Bertrand Piccard breaks world distance record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle in a Hyundai NEXO (2:44) The Premiere of the movie Machine and

Overdrive: Uber loses license; Telsa Pickup; 1954 Citroen racer; Lamborghini in space
5 December 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the factors facing our attitude and actions to motoring and transport. David Brown Uber Loses London Licence – again (1:31) Tesla unveils its long-awaited electric Cyber pick-up truck (2:38) Ford reveals Mach-E electric SUV with a Mustang logo (3:58) Mercedes unveils bot one but 3

Overdrive: Electric motor bikes; Cars as a school status; Sales of hybrids, diesels and electrics
4 December 2019
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Hello this is Overdrive a program with an infatuation about trains, planes and automobiles. The latest vehicle sales figures especially for diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles (1:21) Rally Australia World Championship event cancelled (2:17) Hyundai Motor Group Develops World’s First Road Noise Active Noise Control Technology (3:30) Hyundai Motor Demonstrates Autonomous Driving Tech Capabilities with

Overdrive: Streetlight redesign; AEB; Tesla Model 3; Audi SQ8; Monorail; Jaguar i-Pace
22 November 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that tries to spread the word about trains, planes and automobiles. Public given opportunity to experience autonomous emergency braking. (1:21) The Future of the Streetlight Might Be in the Past (2:27) Europe’s first full-sized autonomous bus demonstrated at CAV Scotland event (3:14) Car-Mounted Ads Take a New

Overdrive: Recharge in 10 minutes; Mustang SUV; An engineer in Parliament; Hyundai Ioniq
8 November 2019
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that pushes the parameters of discussing motoring and transport. Engineers have figured out how to charge electric car batteries in 10 minutes (1:24) Hyundai Ioniq (3:02) Warnings for mobile speed cameras (4:02) World premiere for the new Golf digitalised connected and intelligent (5:05) Ford makes a Mustang

Overdrive: Hyundai Kona EV crash (test); Fiat/Peugeot Merger; Brabham BT62; Cars “helping” badly
2 November 2019
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the particulars of motoring and transport. Hyundai Kona Electric earns ANCAP 5-star safety rating in first-ever EV crash tested in Australia and the results are good. (1:33) Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot working out a merger (2:16) Brabham automotive announces BT62 competition specification (3:06) Lightyear One: the car