[ealexhudson]

It would be interesting to see if pick-up of these vehicles does take off. Frustratingly, at least in the UK, we already had this infrastructure for many years - we had "Milk floats" that were used to deliver fresh dairy around local neighbourhoods. In the late 60s we arguably had the majority of worldwide EVs, in exactly this role.

Clearly they were not particularly fast vehicles and the range wasn't necessarily massive, but they did the job and were used for a variety of tasks (most operators expanded from diary to a range of different, fresh, produce).

What killed them off - they are extremely rare now - was the rise of supermarkets and out-of-town shopping. I guess, though, that supermarkets won not from convenience but choice, and that internet shopping retains the choice element but now convenience could win out.

[london888]

We used to have a milkman delivery but it seemed crazy to do this while going past much cheaper milk in the supermarket or even the corner shop.