Overdrive

News including Nissan hits the 150million vehicle mark, Ford hooks up with India on EVs, stopping people drive-texting, Toronto plays with red light cameras, and flying maybe not as safe as you think.

We discuss the launch of the Kia Stinger - a large rear wheel drive sedan, tuning for Australian roads and other topics.

And we take a sideways reflection on things from the past with a modern twist - electrifying an old E-type jag - science or sacrilege?

Originally broadcast 23rd September 2017.

For past programs and extended versions of segments like the road tests, feature interviews and quirky news, visit drivenmedia.com.au

News including August car sales figures, big brother watching your car, electric Jags coming, Ford's pizza delivery system, and how screen time messes with in-car bonding.

Planning liveable cities with and without cars, but what kind of car?

And quirky news with cars dobbing in their drivers, Mermaids giving driving directions and Burger King creates a road hazard.

Originally broadcast 16th September 2017.

For past programs and extended versions of segments like the road tests, feature interviews and quirky news, visit drivenmedia.com.au

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at a range of different ways we get around, from cars, buses, trains and planes.

I’m David Brown

And in this program, we take a look at the latest news stories with David Campbell including:

1. Chinese carmaker Great Wall looks at bidding for Fiat Chrysler

2. Tesla plans for 'long-haul' electric truck

3. Drones to be trialed in New York for traffic and parking monitoring

4. One-of-a-kind Ferrari found in a barn

5. Rolls-Royce is the most popular brand in music

We have an interview with an Aussie who went to the famous Laguna Seca Race Circuit in California for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion where he raced against the might of America’s historic racing fraternity and won his class. One of the cars racing there was worth $68 million. Not his.

And in our discussion session with Errol Smith we take a breezy look at some quirky news stories including:

1. Chinese firm Alibaba to open a 'car vending machine' next year (follows on from similar one we covered in Singapore)

2. It took 350,000 Lego bricks to make this F1 Ferrari race car

3. Rolls-Royce is the most popular brand in music

Originally aired on 9 September 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

News including VW reinventing the Kombi, thinner pillars, self driving car rules, Spotify helps driving teens stay safe, easy electric car charging, and wood makes a comeback in cars.

We discuss driving in the snow, this time in a Subaru Outback.

Some discussions from a recent motoring & transport conference.

And we take a light hearted look at stories including a car windscreen artist dubbed the "da Vinci of Dirt" and how Fairies are messing with Irish roads.

Originally broadcast 2nd September 2017.

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News including FIAT/Chrysler joins BMW to create self-driving cars, Hyundai's Genesis models delayed - again but fuel cells still coming, GM's $5k tiny electric car, and Mercedes Maybach cabriolet concept.

Vale Gary O'Callaghan.

We road test the Subaru XV compact SUV which is selling well.

And some light-hearted stories including fuel economy of the latest Bugatti Chyron, the Ford Mustang GT's fancy exhaust and what toys you'll find in the latest Tesla car.

Originally broadcast 26th August 2017.

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News including new models from Holden replacing the Captiva, Britain to ban petrol & electric vehicles from 2040, VW's cash for klunkers program, BMW's Mini Oxford Edition - only for students, China's Alibaba car vending machine.

And we have several features from the annual AITPM (Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management) national conference in Melbourne.

Originally broadcast 19th August 2017.

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News including BMW wants foreign money for German transport fund, US CAFE requirements, tricking driver-less cars, neighbourhood says no to bike sharing, and Daimler invests in flying cars.

We discuss a major report on the car industry released by the VACC.

We road test the Infiniti Q60 2 door coupe

And we take a lighthearted look at stories including hackable car washes, cheeky lost property on London's transport, and the fuel economy of the latest Bugatti - it's better, but does it matter?

Originally broadcast 12th August 2017.

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In this program, we take a look at the latest news stories including:

• Car sales figures for July

• Ford's bus service that isn't

We have chat with Lewis Williamson from England on how we are modelling traffic to try and shape our cities

We have a couple of reflections on the planning of our cities from a recent forum.

And we take a jolly look at stories including:

• A Sydney man has his Opal card implanted in his hand to make catching public transport easier

• "Lucky" coins thrown into plane engine

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Originally aired on 5th August 2017.

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List all your Scottish jokes here!

Electric cars may receive most of the attention within the realm of alternative propulsion methods, but liquid hydrocarbon fuels will be with us for many decades to come.

The challenge then becomes how to reduce the carbon footprint of extracting, transporting, refining, and burning those fuels to reduce the damage they impose on the environment.

That leads to biofuels, and an amusing development from Scotland called biobutanol, though the public may know its ingredients by a different name: whiskey.

And a world champion piper was thrown off a Ryanair flight for refusing to put her bagpipes in the hold.

Originally aired on5 October 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au

Transport superstitions

Do you have any superstitious actions before you travel?

An elderly woman has delayed a plane for more than five hours, after she attempted to throw a handful of coins into its engine for good luck.

The passenger was boarding China Southern Airlines flight, from Shanghai to Guangzhou, when she threw nine coins towards the plane's jet engine.

Originally aired on5 August 2017. For past programs and individual segments visit www.drivenmedia.com.au