Andrew Brown of Grimshaw Lane Dairy with new Nissan e-NV200

Electric milk floats have a long history in the UK and thanks to the Nissan e-NV200, we expect a renaissance.

Grimshaw Lane Dairy in Ormskirk recently replaced four of its vehicles with brand new electric vans and seems extremely happy.

Electric cars are cheap to operate, range is sufficient for 50 miles a day, drivers like it, and the motor is silent so you don't wake the neighbors. This is why Grimshaw Lane Dairy soon will swap its last two diesels to electric too.

"A Lancashire dairy is milking the benefits of the award-winning Nissan e-NV200 – using the versatile all-electric van as a 21st century version of the traditional British milk float. Grimshaw Lane Dairy in Ormskirk has taken delivery of four e-NV200 vans from Crosby Park Nissan in Liverpool and is using them to make its daily deliveries to homes and businesses in and around the town. The four vehicles – named Tilly, Bovine, Ermintrude and Daisy by the drivers – have replaced a fleet of aging diesels and each covers around 50 miles a day making roughly 500 deliveries apiece. And Managing Director Andrew Brown, who plans to swap his two remaining diesel vehicles with e-NV200s in the coming months, is already saving £900 a month in fuel bills. What’s more, the generous spec’ and smooth drive of the e-NV200 means driver morale is now at an all-time high and residential customers are happy as early morning deliveries, which start at 1.30am, are now made in near silence." "When considering the e-NV200, Andrew was impressed that the model came with two sliding side doors as standard and offered easy cross-cab access, perfect for multi-drop delivery operations. Driver satisfaction was also a major consideration, but equipment levels on board the e-NV200 – particularly the ability to defrost their vehicles from an app on their phones before getting up to start their shifts in the early hours – has proved an instant hit. The environmental benefits of the e-NV200, which offers zero emissions mobility, were also a major bonus."

Andrew Brown stated: