30 min

Make Buses Sexy; Solar car for commuting; Second-hand car sales; Green number plates and Bentleys Overdrive

    • Technology

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that canvases issues related to cars and transport.

I’m David Brown
News
1. Gum tree and second-hand vehicles (1:39)
2. Triton (2:30)
3. This breakthrough electric vehicle never needs to be plugged in (3:29)
4. Green numberplates launched, research predicts a boost in EV sales (4:29)
5. Bentley’s first EV kicks off the brand’s bold reinvention (5:31)

Interview
• We talk a lot about new car sales but how is the market for second-hand cars going. We talk to David Lowe from Gumtree Cars (6:35)

Motoring Minute
• Audi S4 (12:31)

Interview
• One of Overdrive's desired transport Policies is to “Make Buses Sexy”. Brian Smith is doing a big project in Canberra to achieve just that. He tells us why it is a rewarding but tough task. (13:42)

Motoring Minute
• Audi SQ5 (21:52)

Quirky News
• And we continue with Brian Smith in a lighter chat on a report that tries to understand why children like to look at garbage trucks. (23:00)

You can find more information at Driven Media or previous programs are available as podcasts on
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overdrive-cars-transport-and-culture/id1001084679
Go to
Our Facebook page OverdriveCity https://www.facebook.com/OverdriveCityDrivenMedia/?modal=admin_todo_tour
or
Our YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyx5sv6cgF4URRmNq2JiXg/videos

So, let’s start with the news
Originally broadcast 12 December 2020

Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that canvases issues related to cars and transport.

I’m David Brown
News
1. Gum tree and second-hand vehicles (1:39)
2. Triton (2:30)
3. This breakthrough electric vehicle never needs to be plugged in (3:29)
4. Green numberplates launched, research predicts a boost in EV sales (4:29)
5. Bentley’s first EV kicks off the brand’s bold reinvention (5:31)

Interview
• We talk a lot about new car sales but how is the market for second-hand cars going. We talk to David Lowe from Gumtree Cars (6:35)

Motoring Minute
• Audi S4 (12:31)

Interview
• One of Overdrive's desired transport Policies is to “Make Buses Sexy”. Brian Smith is doing a big project in Canberra to achieve just that. He tells us why it is a rewarding but tough task. (13:42)

Motoring Minute
• Audi SQ5 (21:52)

Quirky News
• And we continue with Brian Smith in a lighter chat on a report that tries to understand why children like to look at garbage trucks. (23:00)

You can find more information at Driven Media or previous programs are available as podcasts on
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs
iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overdrive-cars-transport-and-culture/id1001084679
Go to
Our Facebook page OverdriveCity https://www.facebook.com/OverdriveCityDrivenMedia/?modal=admin_todo_tour
or
Our YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyx5sv6cgF4URRmNq2JiXg/videos

So, let’s start with the news
Originally broadcast 12 December 2020

30 min

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