Transport Archive

Overdrive: Computer games for transport planning; Dual cab Jeep and Isuzu –differences? Kia Picanto; Nissan Patrol; Trip to Rydal
4 October 2020
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Hello, this is Overdrive a program about trains, planes, and automobiles, but mainly automobiles. News Kia Picanto (1:45) Nissan Patrol (2:48) Toyota Australia announces vehicles added to Takata airbag recall (3:55) Nissan re-leaf: power when it’s needed, where it’s needed (5:01) Insurance claims time being shortened (6:05) Computer games to help the community define new transport schemes (7:09) Interview Rob Fraser

Overdrive: Electric cargo pushbike; Renault Master Van; Works of art on the side of delivery vans
23 May 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that relishes all sorts of information and experiences in the world of motoring and transport. News Govt raised $7.1 Million with Mobile Phone Detection Cameras (1:43) Australians concerned about hygiene on public transport (2:36) Clean is the new safety paradigm for AV development (3:35) Renault van – safety

Overdrive: Coronavirus and transport; Amarok family ute; Ford Puma; Audi SQ8; Semiautonomous safety
13 March 2020
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Welcome to Overdrive, a program where we put the world of motoring and transport under the microscope. Future mobility – who is calling the shots? (1:17) Safeguards to keep drivers focused with semi-autonomous vehicles (2:12) Ford Puma SUV (3:10) Audi SQ8 TDI (4:09) VW Amarok 580 (5:15) How will the Coronavirus affect transport? We talk

Overdrive: Nissan’s future; Holden sales old and new; Plug-in Hybrid; Feedspot top transport podcast
6 March 2020
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Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that broods over the world of cars and transport A paradigm shift brought about by EVs (1:26) Holden Sales Crash (2:15) Are old Holdens worth more now that the brand is going? (3:02) Plug-in Electric Vehicles (3:52) Feedspot’s top 10 transport podcasts (4:44) Extended interview with Stephen Lester from

Overdrive: Smartphones for Pedestrians; Stink Bugs hit Hyundai and Kia; Disability and transport
23 December 2019
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Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport ACCC issues new Takata airbag warning for thousands of cars (1:35) The $73b company with no name: Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot (2:45) Holden announces exclusive SUV and Ute line-up (3:35) NSW’s smartphone-detecting traffic cams go live this weekend (5:31)

Driverless cars: not necessarily a force for good – Yale Wong ITLS
5 December 2019
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Driverless cars: not necessarily a force for good David Brown interviews Yale Wong When driverless cars were first discussed they were portrayed as leading to a motoring utopia. With a robotic chauffeur we could more usefully employed reading a book, watching a video or doing some work. Increasingly we are seeing alternative views. A recent