Welcome to Overdrive, a program that ponders the particulars of motoring and transport.

1. Hyundai Kona Electric earns ANCAP 5-star safety rating in first-ever EV crash tested in Australia and the results are good. (1:33)

2. Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot working out a merger (2:16)

3. Brabham automotive announces BT62 competition specification (3:06)

4. Lightyear One: the car built to perform on energy efficiency (4:05)

5. Estonian police offer ‘road breaks’ for first-time speeders (5:00)

6. Motoring minute – Road Safety Curtesy (5:50)

7. Rob Fraser and discuss the new Audi A1 (7:05)

8. Motoring minute – Autonomous vehicles – no nirvana yet, if ever (12:26)

9. Marc Pizzi from Monash University talks about the student racing team that is now into autonomous cars (13:40)

10. Motoring minute – Quality SUVs (19:49)

11. Quirky news – Cars doing things for you, you don’t want (20:55)

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So, let’s start with the news

Originally broadcast 2 November 2019