Hello this is Overdrive a program about the facts, the fun and the fiction of motoring and transport

I’m David Brown

And in this program, we look at news stories with including:

1. Australia’s first electric vehicle how-to guide to ease confusion

2. Ford Working on a Bike to Vehicle (B2V) AI Communication System

3. Commercial transport can be fossil-free by 2050

4. Charging even easier than refuelling: market launch for BMW wireless charging

5. Arizona self-driving test program scrapped by Uber following fatal crash

6. Ford Australia launches 2nd Car, enabling new car buyers to own one vehicle, but drive two

We chat to Prof David Hensher for Sydney University about computer modelling of our cities so that we can truly understand what new transport projects will really do.

We sit a man who owns and drives a 1964 EH Holden in the latest Range Rover Velar with all the bells and whistles and see his reaction. At the end when you realise the EH has only one rear vison mirror you get a clear understanding why motoring today is very different.

And Brian Smith, Errol Smith, and I take a playful look at some unusual stories of the day including

1. Turkmen president effortlessly wins rally

2. Icelandic political candidate asked to step down after digger rampage

3. Japan moving to ease older drivers out of vehicles

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Originally broadcast 2 June 2018 .