New Zealand Archive

NZ police to get Skodas to replace Holdens
28 November 2020
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With Holden leaving the market, Australia police forces have chosen a range of different alternatives. Now NZ police have taken a direction similar to Europe more than Australia. They will be replacing their Holden fleet with Skodas built in the Czech Republic. The specific model is the Skoda Superb station wagon in either the 162KW

Speed Kings at Indy 500; Rally driving precision; sanitizing vehicles; Bosch split motor bike screen
28 November 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that luxuriates in the realm of cars and transport. I’m David Brown News New solutions for sanitizing autonomous vehicles (1:39) NZ police select Skoda to supply new cop cars as Holden rolls into sunset (2:41) Elon Musk says Tesla is working on a battery at drives more than

Rachel Kohan: A young transport professional’s reflections from a NZ conference
22 May 2020
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The nature of the Transport Group Conference in New Zealand (0:55), The Key Note Speech that made “Equality and Equity” a pivotal point in transport planning from the Hon Julie Anne Genter Associate Minister for Transport (1:14), Designing a transport systems, not just for the long commute, or a single trip, but for the multi-purpose

Overdrive: Tesla outsells Mercedes; End of Traffic lights; Is Kia Warranty good?; Monkey drives bus
20 October 2018
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program about cars and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories including: Who Needs German Engineering? Tesla Outsells Mercedes-Benz For The First Time—And Has a Plan to Pass BMW Too The end of traffic lights? Ford explores non-stop journeys with connected cars Israel