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About David Brown
David’s boyhood passion for motor cars did not immediately lead to a professional role in the motor industry. A qualified Civil Engineer he specialised in traffic engineering and transport planning. What followed were various positions including being seconded to a government think-tank for the planning of transport firstly in Sydney and then for the whole of NSW. After working with the NRMA and as a consultant he moved to being an independent writer and commentator on the broader areas of transport and the more specific areas of the cars we drive. His half hour motoring program “Overdrive” has been described as an “informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas”. It is heard on 22 stations across Australia. He does weekly interviews with several ABC radio stations and is also heard on commercial radio in Sydney. David has written for metropolitan and regional newspapers and has presented regular segments on metropolitan and regional television stations. David is also a contributor for AnyAuto
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VW to make electric classics eClassic

August 7, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on VW to make electric classics eClassic

Volkswagen and the eClassic company are converting much-loved older models to electric power. There is already an e-Beetle and an electric version of the original Microbus. [Read More]

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Nissan Pathfinder N-TREK Radio Review

August 5, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Nissan Pathfinder N-TREK Radio Review

The Nissan Pathfinder large SUV has had a bit of an image problem over the years. The first model here in 1987 was a rough and tough four-wheel drive. [Read More]

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Electric charging standard – Nissan goes for common ground

August 4, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Electric charging standard – Nissan goes for common ground

It seems that quantity rather than quality also applies to charging systems for electric cars. [Read More]

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Kia Establishes ‘purple m’ start-up to accelerate EV mobility services

August 3, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Kia Establishes ‘purple m’ start-up to accelerate EV mobility services

Transport planners have learnt that a service is not just a train, bus or car trip.  It is the whole of journey that can include getting to the train station and access at the other end; [Read More]

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Overdrive Podcast Radio Program Issue 31 -2020

August 1, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Overdrive Podcast Radio Program Issue 31 -2020

Hello and welcome to Overdrive a program that puts a magnifying glass to the role of cars and transport in our society and ends up burning a hole in it. [Read More]

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Xcient World’s first fuel cell heavy-duty truck for commercial use

July 31, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Xcient World’s first fuel cell heavy-duty truck for commercial use

Elon Musk has said that achieving success with hydrogen fuel cell technology for powering vehicles is “Simply not possible”. Hyundai Xcient disagrees [Read More]

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Touareg V8 R-Line Volkswagen Touareg to get a V8

July 30, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Touareg V8 R-Line Volkswagen Touareg to get a V8

Touareg V8 R-Line  – The quest for high powered, macho SUVs continues with Volkswagen announcing that they will launch in October a 4 litre V8 twin turbo diesel version [Read More]

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Pivotal Car Swapping with Jaguar and Land Rover

July 29, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Pivotal Car Swapping with Jaguar and Land Rover

Jaguar has developed a scheme in the UK where you don’t buy a car and be stuck with that model but rather you pay a subscription and then swap to different models [Read More]

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Nissan leaf to help power Canberra

July 28, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Nissan leaf to help power Canberra

Nissan’s all electric sedan, the Leaf, has bi-directional charging which is approved in European markets as a power pack to power your house [Read More]

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Car Sales Figures for June 2020 bounce back a bit

July 27, 2020 David Brown Comments Off on Car Sales Figures for June 2020 bounce back a bit

Vehicle sales figures from VFacts show that the market has bounced back a little since the catastrophic months of March, April and May. [Read More]

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