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

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