LONDON (AFX) - Electric vehicle maker Tanfield Group PLC said it has signed a deal to supply up to 800 milk floats to Dairy Crest. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

County Durham-based Tanfield said its subsidiary Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) has agreed to supply its new commercial electric vehicle Faraday to the dairy group.

SEV will be responsible for replacing up to 800 of Dairy Crest's older milk floats with a mix of the new Faraday or standard transit-type vehicles in the next three years.

The Faraday is the first in a series of a new generation of vehicles developed by SEV for use in environmentally sensitive areas such as inner cities and airports.

Tanfield, which is staging a commercial launch of Faraday today, expects to launch the next vehicle in the series, an airport tug, later this month and its next electric commercial delivery vehicle early next year.

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