The most recent FERC survey data suggests that this industrial model is stunningly ineffective at reducing peak demand in the commercial and residential sectors.
The first factory station wagon, according to Stationwagons.com, was a 1937 Ford Model A. Station wagons hit their peak in the 1960s, when it seem like every family had 2.2 children and a big wagon with a stretched wheelbase and hideous fake wood siding.