Editing Milk float (section)

==Preservation==

A collection of 29 milk floats and other BEVs dating from 1935 to 1982 and representing 14 different manufacturers is kept by [[The Transport Museum, Wythall]] at their museum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wythall.org.uk/elec.asp |title=Our Battery Electric Collection |publisher=Wythall Transport Museum |access-date=4 July 2016}}</ref> and an early Brush Pony, dating from 1947 and operated by United Dairies, can be seen at the [[National Motor Museum, Beaulieu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/?location_id=335&filter=Brush |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818041659/http://www.nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/?location_id=335&filter=Brush |archive-date=18 August 2016 |title=Brush Pony |publisher=The National Motor Museum Trust |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> There are five battery-electric road vehicles in the collection at the [[Ipswich Transport Museum]], including a Smiths milk float dating from 1948, which was operated by Ipswich Co-operative Society, a Smiths vegetable cart dating from 1965 and a Brush Pony van dating from 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ipswichtransportmuseum.co.uk/whatshere.html |title=Commercial Vehicles |publisher=Ipswich Transport Museum |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> In addition several milk floats are still in service today, albeit repurposed after their milk delivery days. Many are used for work in factories, or as pleasure vehicles in rural areas, and some are hired out.