Even for delivery vehicles the petrol engine was way better. One anecdote from some documentary that stuck with me is: Delivery vehicles (post/milkman) had to

Even for delivery vehicles the petrol engine was way better. One anecdote from some documentary that stuck with me is: Delivery vehicles (post/milkman) had to do the uphill people first as the batteries did not have enough power to get the car up the hill at the end of a day.