Trucks Archive
In-Vehicle Warning Systems – Helpful road safety or just another distraction?
30 September 2021
No Comments
Modern road safety systems are showcasing what is technically possible in warning drivers of dangerous situations and possibly intervening in the vehicle operation, if not to take complete control but at least to add an element of augmented reality. But, as we reported the other day on some research from MIT, there can be a
Overdrive: Fuel Cells stall; Is Mapping the transport future; More on Latin helped made a better driver!
6 February 2021
No Comments
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
What practical transport things can we learn from the Coronavirus pandemic from queuing to trucks
7 April 2020
No Comments
How the transport industry must cope with the coronavirus is often seen in very one-dimensional steps: Travel less; keep your distance. But there are many factors that interplay in the services we provide and the way the public uses them. It might seem simple, until there is a catastrophe. But if we are forced into
The Changing nature of trucks and truck driving – engagement not confrontation
26 March 2018
No Comments
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
Overdrive: Old vehicles costing us; Renault Megane GT Wagon Road Test; Quirky News
3 February 2018
No Comments
News including GM sued for autonomous vehicle collision, cars that detect emotions and how Australia’s old vehicle fleet is costing both lives and money. We ask if trucks can show us how car safety should be done – or is it the other way round? We road test a fast family ferrier, the Renault Megane
Overdrive: World car of Year; ANCAP; TrailBlazer; Kia Rondo; Quirky cloths for transit
21 April 2017
No Comments
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/318760212″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that luxuriates in the realm of cars and transport. I’m David Brown And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including: World Car of the Year 2017: winners revealed ANCAP Australian debut: Mercedes-Benz trucks can automatically
- 1
- 2
