Overdrive: Everything Electric in transport preview; Genesis GV80; don’t get caught short on a trip

G’Day and welcome to Overdrive, a program that practices what it preaches, most of the time, on the subject of cars and transport.

I’m David Brown 

For more information go to our website, podcast, or social media – just search for Cars, Transport, Culture.

Once again, I am joined by the tireless Paul Murrell from seniordriveraus.com

  1. Recalls in America covering some 35 million vehicles
  2. First-ever redesign of Genesis GV60 makes Korean debut
  3. Some of the thoughts that came out of a chat with Justin Douglas who is head of Genesis in Australia 
  • Genesis is Hyundai’s Lexus
  • Sales volumes aren’t high, but orders are starting to look good 
  • They only have five dealers 
  • Servicing can be done by Hyundai Dealers 
  • No haggle pricing
  1. Everything Electric Show coming up
  • Audi, BMW, BYD, Cadillac, Cupra, Deepal, GWM, Jeep, Kia, Leapmotor, Mini, MG, Peugeot, Polestar, Renault, Skoda, Tesla, Volkswagen, XPeng and Zeekr.
  • No Hyundai nor Toyota 
  1. Stuart Sharp Railway history and a critical item for facilitating travel (public toilets)
  • I have always seen the provision of public toilets as a key issue of mobility. Particularly for women.
  • The reason for charging money is usually for the maintenance of the equipment. In NSW it was to limit the riff raff
  • Paying to use a toilet can be traced back almost 2000 years
  • As this is the anniversary from 1973 of legislation being passed to remove the charges on toilets in Chicago, the first American city to enact a ban
  • There is such a thing as The American Restroom Association
  • In Australia we here about several centenary anniversaries of developments in public toilets at railway stations 
  1. Road Test of the Genesis GV80 coupe
  • Large SUV
  • Coupe body is not to everyone’s taste

Credits 

And this has been overdrive 

Thanks to 

  • Paul Murrell
  • Mark Wesley
  • Bruce Potter 

for their help with this program.

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Overdrive is syndicated across Australia on the Community Radio Network

This program was first broadcast on 8 March 2024 

I’m David Brown

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