Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that looks at cars and transport from a variety of angles.

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I’m David Brown

News

1. Kia Australia enters the electrified market (1:27)

2. Audi Q5 - Comfort at a price (2:32)

3. National Safety week (3:34)

4. Combining data sets for a comprehensive road management program (4:28)

5. A very successful transport Institute turns 30. (5:29)

Interviews

• Last week we lamented that all the talk of the Federal Budget was about the size of the spending and not about how effective the spending will be.

This week we again here from Michael Caltabiano the CEO of the major transport research organisation the ARRB about how he is working to ensure we make smart decisions. (6:41)

Motoring Minute

• Audi Q2 (21:44)

Interview

• And Brian Smith talks about a necessary although uncomfortable discussion point to do with transport in India (22:51)

Motoring Minute

• Audi SQ5 (28:02)

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Originally broadcast 22 May 2021