Overdrive: Hertz gets Polestar EVs; Backlash about fuel standards; BMW keep charging to use features

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 The times each story appears in the program are noted (mm:ss) News (1:06) 1. Hertz offers Polestar electric vehicles 2. BMW expensive subscriptions for car features 3. Industry approach to climate change 4. Need for tax reform Features In our feature stories we interview Damien Shaw the managing director of Hertz about their embracing electric vehicles as we drive around in a Polestar 2. (6:32) And we have a feature that compiles a range of comments about how the automotive industry, academia and the Grattan Institute are embracing change (18:54) You can find more information at Driven Media with links to social media and podcasts iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overdrive-cars-transport-and-culture/id1001084679 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ah6JZN8LTYURIfNs1IIBs We even list the times each item appears so you can go straight to it Our Facebook page OverdriveCity – Driven Media https://www.facebook.com/OverdriveCityDrivenMedia/?modal=admin_todo_tour or Our YouTube site https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKyx5sv6cgF4URRmNq2JiXg/videos Originally broadcast on 13 August 2022