Electrically powered milk floats were widespread in the United Kingdom for local deliveries, especially of milk, for much of the postwar era. For the typical European driver, the limited range of electric vehicles isn't seriously prohibitive, since distances are much smaller than in the United States.
With serious concern about air quality in British cities in the 1950s leading to the Clean Air Act, and later efforts to encourage off-peak electrical use to provide base load for large (particularly nuclear) power stations, could electric vehicles have been pushed? How successful would such an effort be, given technology at the time?
With serious concern about air quality in British cities in the 1950s leading to the Clean Air Act, and later efforts to encourage off-peak electrical use to provide base load for large (particularly nuclear) power stations, could electric vehicles have been pushed? How successful would such an effort be, given technology at the time?
