Overdrive: How did Pro Football lead to transport data measurement?; Robotaxi; Holy Lindisfarne

Overdrive: Cars, Transport and Culture

Welcome to Overdrive, a program that digs up all sorts of information good and bad about the world of motoring and transport.
I’m David Brown
The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss)
News
• The all-new Kia Sportage (1:41)
• New powertrain for Mazda CX-30 and Mazda3 (2:44)
• Motional and Hyundai Motor Group’s joint robotaxi (3:47)
• Nissan e-POWER is coming to Australia (4:40)
Feature Interviews
• What sort of background would be helpful to become an executive at the major road and transport research organisation in Australia. Jeff Doyle was once a professional footballer but he takes on a role at ARRB because then went on to huge managerial success- We talk about how football and other experiences help develop a focused team work environment. (5:58)
Motoring Minute
• Kia Cerato (19:17)
Quirky Interview
• Brian Smith gives us the low-down on the current transport problems from the holy island at Lindisfarne (20:27)
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Originally broadcast 5 September 2021