In the UK when I was a child, late 70s, early 80s, it was really common to see battery-powered delivery vehicles. The milk floats were definitely ahead of thei

In the UK when I was a child, late 70s, early 80s, it was really common to see battery-powered delivery vehicles. The milk floats were definitely ahead of their time: "In August 1967, the UK Electric Vehicle Association put out a press release stating that Britain had more battery-electric vehicles on its roads than the rest of the world put together." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_float https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_float