Overdrive: Mini Electric; Plug-In Hybrid – The overlooked option; Vehicle supply is near crisis
Welcome to Overdrive, a program about all sorts of things to do with motoring and transport.
The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss)
News
- Subaru upgrades the XV (1:40)
- All New Haval H6 Now On Sale (2:48)
- Hyundai Motor’s STARIA people-mover debuts (3:55)
- Volkswagen Group Australia calls for emission targets (4:53)
- Toyota launches all-new Mirai with an extended lease program (5:58)
Interview
- With an upcoming adventure in a Mini electric we get the low down on BMW electrification from Brendan Mok for Mini Australia (7:08)
Feedback
- We have some comments from technical experts on the accuracy of a recent cartoon in the newspaper about pressing pedestrian call buttons in times of COVID (14:01)
Motoring Minute
- Camry Hybrid (15:16)
Plug-in Hybrids – the forgotten technology?
- Several industry figures reflect on the benefit of plug-in hybrids. (16:27)
Motoring Minute
- Subaru Outback (22:43)
Interview
- And finally, we talk to Paul Murrell not about choosing a car but how hard it is to buy one that will be delivered soon. (23:53)
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Originally broadcast 17 April 2021
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Overdrive: Hybrid’s huge success; Mini’s birthday; A Modern Defender!; WHO Road Safety program fails
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Overdrive Motoring Program – Autonomous Cars, Fiat moves on, Cycle Eye
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Overdrive: Electric car tax; the lessons from a strike; “all-seeing” Landcruiser
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Overdrive: Volvo Ad Pulled after complaint; Cars with no spare tyres; Alfa Guilia;
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Overdrive Program – Road deaths; Truck drag; Mobility scooters
About Author
David Brown
David Brown started his working life as a Civil Engineer but you would not want him to design a bridge you wanted to safely walk over. His passion was in traffic engineering and transport planning which is all about how we use our transport systems not how we build them. He soon became involved in commenting on issues through all avenues of the media. He is now a motoring and transport journalist. He test drives a new car each week but his ultimate measure of how good a car is relies on his 12 year old and the Hayden Brown “Will you drive me to school in that car” factor.