Electric Vehicles-Hybrids

I remember growing up in Belfast shortly after the 2nd WW. In the city we had electric vehicles everywhere!!The city bakeries delivered fresh bread and pastries every day throughout Belfast using electric vans. Milk was delivered every day using electric milk floats, we left our empty bottles at the door step and the milkman replaced them with full bottles. When going to work or school I’d hopped on public transport. Electric trams running the rails all over the city. Oh! I admit they were a bit slow and a bit noisy, but then life was a bit slower too. Where trams couldn’t go we had trolley buses, yes electric but they didn’t need rails. The only diesel or gas transport were country buses that travelled outside the city limits. Why even in 1955 I still recall horse and cart vehicles delivering coal and other goods. It seems we lost or didn’t realize the advantage of using those old electric vehicles. Today there seems to be a race to produce the best in electric transportation! Such as the latest Hybrids or GM’s acclaimed Volt???? I tend to wonder if the horse and cart may yet reappear? It begs the question ‘if we don’t learn from history we are doomed to repeat it’
That’s my rant for the day
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