Overdrive Program: Autonomous cars for rural roads; Will Hagon goes Alvis; Royal Wedding cars - a podcast by David Brown

from 2018-06-13T14:38:20

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Hello and welcome to Overdrive, a program that looks at the factors affecting our attitude and actions to motoring and transport.
I’m David Brown
And in this program, we look at news stories with including:
1. MIT's new self-driving car navigates without road markings
2. Sweden builds life-size slot-car track for long-distance electric-car charging
3. Despite government efforts, keyless ignitions linked to carbon monoxide deaths
4. Elon Musk envisions $1 rides to use Boring Company tunnels
5. Shell Airflow Starship semi truck leaves San Diego on record fuel-economy run
6. China reduces import duties on cars

We have a lovely chat with motoring commentator Will Hagon about the early history the imaginative, ingenious car company Alvis that started in 1919.
And Brian Smith and Errol Smith and I take a merry, look at some unusual stories of the day including
7. Royal wedding cars
8. Drunk mower driver arrested after cutting someone else’s grass

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