Scania 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

The Changing nature of trucks and truck driving – engagement not confrontation
26 March 2018
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In a previous item we noted how Hino trucks had released new vehicles with a strong focus on road safety. Scania has now launched a new generation of trucks across its whole range. At the launch we had a chat with a range of their international executives that covered their strong push into sustainability

Directions in truck design – Kristofer Hansen – Scania Head Of Styling And Industrial Design
26 March 2018
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Recently Tesla showed the world its new electric truck. It looks different on the outside, and inside the driver sits in the middle. It was a classic Tesla launch that seem to say this is a whole new future. And in a number of ways it is. But traditional truck companies have been continually developing

Overdrive: GM Self Driving Cruise AV; Lamborghini Urus; Geneva Motor Show
24 March 2018
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News including the no-steering-wheel GM Cruise AV, talking traffic lights, Uber buttering up the Brits, Mapping apps and EU’s free train travel trial. We talk Kristofer Hansén, Scania’s Head of Styling and Industrial Design. We reflect on the Lamborghini SUV – the Urus. And a quirky discussion of odd cars from the Geneva motor show.

Overdrive: Electric cars, Scania trucks, Weird cars from Geneva Motor Show
17 March 2018
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program that probes the issues of motoring and transport I’m David Brown And in this program, we look at news stories with including: Greens push for electric only cars on Australian roads by 2030 Mercedes overtakes Toyota as most valuable car brand in influential study Uber already using self-driving trucks Australia