This is not a "first" for Tesla. My father drove an electric delivery truck for a baking company in Philadelphia in the early 30's before buying the first farm.
I know very little about it but believe this is it.
My father said that it was "nasty" to drive. Most of the streets were cobble stone and the truck had solid rubber tires.
The wheel spacing was such that it matched the trolley tracks---if he got on the tracks when wet he was off for a ride!
He was just lucky to have a job at that point.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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