Skip to content Skip to navigation

Our Pioneering Electric Milk Floats

The humble milk float has been a quintessentially British icon for over a century, while quietly leading the way in electric transportation after taking over from the horse and carts of the Milkmen of the early 1900s.

Today, investment in our electric vehicles is at the forefront of Milk & More’s environmental mission, which is why we proudly operate one of the largest fleet of electric vehicles in the UK. Our pioneering milk floats travel over 14 million miles per year (that’s 565 times around the world!) with zero emissions. These remarkable vans not only ensure that we save gallons of diesel and tonnes of CO2 every year, they ensure that the thousands of deliveries they make each night are quiet, too.

Over four times faster than their older counterparts and powered solely by battery, these floats can reach up to 80mph with a 75 mile range, allowing them to quietly glide through more streets with minimal disruption.

In 2024, our trusty fleet made some impressive carbon savings: 135 tonnes!

To put that into perspective, 135 tonnes of CO2 is:

  • the amount that would be produced by driving around the Earth 5.3 times in a non-electric vehicle, or burning of 58,700 litres of gasoline
  • the amount of emissions would be produced by taking 155 flights
  • the equivalent of 22.5 households' annual emissions
  • To offset this amount of carbon would require 6,136 trees growing for a full year.

The eco benefits of these impressive floats haven't gone unnoticed. In 2019, they won the Green Fleet of the Year award from What Van Awards; an Outstanding Achievement Award from Green Fleet Awards; the Eco Superstar award at the Great British Fleet Awards; as well as being highly commended for Eco Innovator of the Year at the Commercial Fleet Awards.