Comments by "sandgrownun66" (@sandgrownun66) on "1966: The latest ELECTRIC CARS | BBC News | Retro Transport | BBC Archive" video.

  1. Before the widespread use of electric vehicles, milk was delivered by horse and cart. The cart was of specific design with a dropped axle and large wheels which allowed for smoother travel over rough surfaces due to lower centre of gravity. This type of cart is known as a float and since they carried milk, the name milk float was adopted. Once the old float carts were replaced with the electric vehicles, the name was also transferred so the electric vehicles became and are still known as milk floats.
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  2.  @tomtalk24  If they were electric, they wouldn't be steam.
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  3. Not sure how that would work.
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  4. The R&D did continue, and the performance of EV's is still not adequate.
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